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BA (Hons) Acting

  • Duration: 3 or 4 years full-time
  • Placement year: Optional 1 year
  • Course code: W410 (UCAS)
  • Institution code: A66 (UCAS)
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Industry Patron – Forest Forge Theatre Co.

Meet the Industry Patron for BA (Hons) Acting – Forest Forge Theatre Co.

Forest Forge Theatre Co. is based in Ringwood, has been running for more than 40 years and has been involved with BA (Hons) Acting at AUB for over 12 years.

Run by co-artistic directors Jo Billingham and Lucy Phillips, the three arms of the company are Touring Theatre, Artist Development, and Participation, and they're unique in that all three have equal weight in the company.

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Career destinations

Here are some examples of roles that our graduates are working in:

  • Principal actor in shows such as EastEnders, Masters of the Air, A Thousand Blows, Showtrial, Top Boy, Witless,Overshadowed, Our Girl, Call the Midwife, Hijack, The Looming Tower, A Christmas Carol, Strike, Luther, Casualty, Holby City, Doctors, Cilla, The Sound of Music Live, Misfits, Black Mirror,
  • Principal, leading and supporting roles in the West End including Spring Awakening, Jerusalem, The Lion King, The Play That Goes Wrong,
  • Principal, leading and supporting roles in The Empress(Royal Shakespeare Company), Let the Right One In (Royal Exchange Theatre), Macbeth, Blue Stockings (Shakespeare's Globe)
  • Leading role in Thomas and Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie
  • Roles in feature films including Wrath of Man, The Batman, The Rise of the Krays and Fall of the Krays,
  • Writer for Sex Education (Netflix)
  • Featured actor in BBC documentary Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley
  • The Commitments, UK No. 1 tour
  • The Buddy Holly Story, UK No. 1 tour
  • Roles at the Royal Court Theatre, Lyric Hammersmith, Southwark Playhouse, Royal Exchange Manchester, Birmingham Rep, Sheffield Crucible, Liverpool Playhouse and Pitlochry Festival Theatre
  • International, national and regional tours with theatre companies, including White Horse Theatre, Solomon Theatre and Chapterhouse Theatre Company
  • Postgraduate study at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama; East 15; LAMDA, ALRA and The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham

Alumni

Our BA (Hons) Acting alumni have gone on to work in feature and independent films, appeared in BBC dramas and on London’s National Theatre tours. You can read more about what some of our graduates are up to below.

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From stage to Spielberg: Elliot Warren dishes on Masters of the Air

It was 2019 when BA (Hons) Acting graduate Elliot Warren collected a...

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Ryan Calais Cameron – BA (Hons) Acting

Ryan Calais Cameron is an award-winning actor, director and writer. His play For Black Boys Who Have...

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Caitlin Innes Edwards – BA (Hons) Acting

Caitlin’s acting credits include Strike, Black Mirror, Hanna, and the feature film Mad To Be Normal with David Tennant...

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Jes Gislason – BA (Hons) Acting

Jes Gislason is an Icelandic actor who, since graduating from AUB in 2018, has since been working in TV, films and on stage...

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Kevin Leslie – BA (Hons) Acting

After leaving AUB, finding myself an agent was top of my agenda, I'd say the best way to find one is to ask what clients they work...

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Harry Reid – BA (Hons) Acting

We caught up with Harry about his experience of studying acting at AUB. He shared his advice for collaborating in the industry...

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Dominique Planter – BA (Hons) Acting

A lot of people wanted to go to RADA or one of the other big schools, but I wanted to go somewhere that...

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Our Graduate: meet BBC Our Girl's Nebras Jamali

Fresh from the set of BBC drama Our Girl, we caught up with AUB acting graduate Nebras Jamali...

Awards

Our BA (Hons) Acting students and graduates have gone on to win great things, including:

  • Nominated | Fringe Theatre Awards 2025, Best New Play, Best Solo Performance – Pete MacHale (graduate): Dear Young Monster
  • Winner | Sky Arts Awards 2024, Theatre – Ryan Calais Cameron: For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy
  • Nominated | Olivier Awards 2023, Best New Play, Best Supporting Actor – Ryan Calais Cameron: For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy
  • Winner | Black British Theatre Awards 2022, Best Director and Best Production Play – Ryan Calais Cameron: For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy
  • Winner | Stage Debut Award 2022, Best Performer in a Play – Ryan Calais Cameron: For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy
  • Winner | Olivier Awards 2019, Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre – Elliot Warren and Olivia Brady: Flesh and Bone
  • Nominated | Alfred Fagon Award 2019, recognising Black British playwrights from the Caribbean
  • Winner | International Achievement Recognition Awards 2018, Best Emerging Actor
  • Winner | Westfield International Film Festival 2018 US, Best Actor
  • Winner | Off-West End 2018, Adopt a Playwright Award

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