Bristol old vic theate school or RADA Opinions please

[danny12181]

Hi,

can you please give me a hand in choosing university its a choice between RADA and Bristol old vic

 

Rada is a diploma

bristol is a ba hons degree

 

HELP

 

thanks

[blackbird]

Just a few more things to consider:

 

RADA is 2 years, Bristol degree is 3.

 

No one in the industry is going to care if you did enough written work to qualify for a degree, it's the knowledge from the course that is more vital.

 

Bristol is much more TV oriented than RADA

 

RADA is in london, hence living costs are higher, but if you want to work in london afterwards, then no need to move.

 

Old Vic is only theatre school in Bristol, so less competion for casual work whilst studying.

[cazmoir]

I trained at Bristol...graduated last year. I really enjoyed it.

But as Blackbird said it depends what you want out of it.

 

The TV training is really good and you do a fair bit of radio too. The other good thing is they'll make allowances for things you want to do...A girl in the year below me wanted to do marketing of some kind and they managed to write marketing into her modules.

 

If you want to know any particulars about the course just ask

xxx

[Dmills]

Is Fred still there?

 

Regards, Dan.

 

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[OB2]

I trained at the old vic also and one thing I would say is they dont train you for a qualification, they train you for a job, and really the main tobjective for the course is to get you ready for the profession, not to have a big fancy certifcate!