What will I learn?

### **What is the BA (Hons) Acting and Community Engagement?****East 15’s BA (Hons) Acting and Community Engagement is a three-year, industry-focused degree for aspiring performers who want to work across stage, screen, audio and digital media.**From 2026-27, this course will be based at our Colchester Campus, offering bespoke East 15 studio spaces and other specialist facilities within a creative university environment set in 200 acres of parkland.### **Why this course**The BA (Hons) Acting and Community Engagement is a unique programme balancing intensive actor training with inclusive practice and community-focused theatre-making. It's designed for performers and theatre-makers who want to create socially engaged, inclusive theatre for, with and about communities.You’ll develop as a skilled actor while gaining the facilitation, leadership and creative tools needed to make relevant and impactful work across a wide range of community and professional settings. Alongside rigorous performance training, you’ll learn how to collaborate ethically and creatively with diverse groups, responding to real social, cultural and political contexts.Across the three years, your training progresses from core performance skills to large-scale participatory projects, professional collaborations, internships and touring work. You'll build critical thinking, production and leadership skills that enable you to initiate, manage and sustain professional theatre projects and companies. By the end of the course, you’ll be equipped to enter the industry as a versatile performer, facilitator and socially engaged theatre practitioner.Students of this course gave it an **100% student positivity score for 'teaching on my course'** in the National Student Survey 2026.### **Who should apply*** Aspiring actors and theatre-makers interested in socially engaged and community-based performance* Students who want to combine rigorous actor training with applied theatre, facilitation and outreach skills* Ambitious performers who want comprehensive development of their physical, vocal and imaginative abilities* Creative individuals committed to inclusive practice and using theatre as a tool for dialogue and change* Performers seeking hands-on experience through community projects, professional collaborations and placements* Artists motivated to build sustainable careers across performance, education and community arts