The Actors’ Workshop’s Springboard Programme provides rigorous professional training in all the core skills required to pursue actor training at degree level (BA or MA).

Though our stunning success rate of 90% year-on-year speaks for itself, our constantly-evolving curriculum is designed not just to teach the core professional skills needed to succeed at audition and beyond, but to develop your creativity and understanding as an artist.

Our Springboard Programme runs from early September until the beginning of June culminating in a Showcase and an optional Shakespeare production.

This is the course for you if you are an MA candidate, have already done a CertHE or cannot access student funding for any reason.

Over the past two decades, The Actors’ Workshop Bristol has established an unrivalled reputation for excellence, getting 90% of students into BA Acting courses every year.

From September 2026, we are excited to be offering this training via a unique new CertHE in Foundation Acting for Stage and Screen at Bristol School of Acting.

As the only Foundation Acting CertHE at an accredited conservatoire in the South West, this new course combines our expertise at foundation level with one of the UK’s most vibrant and forward-looking drama schools.

With 24 hours of teaching per week over 3 full terms, our CertHE course at BSA is fully funded through student loans. It culminates in two fully-staged productions at professional theatres in Bristol, one classical and one contemporary play.

Do you yearn to work in TV and Film?

Want to understand more about the industry and hone your screen acting and voiceover skills?

Taught by industry experts, this practical course offers professional training for actors who wish to acquire the technical knowledge and acting skills needed to excel in screen work.

Starting in September 2026, this 24-week course will run on Monday and Thursday evenings from 6.30-9.30 at our studio on Chatterton Street, Bristol BS1 6PR.

It will culminate in a screening of scene work - and includes a professionally recorded and edited voice reel.

Aimed at actors, teachers, students and the wider bristol creative community, our masterclasses and short courses offer cutting edge professional development.

Led by Industry Experts, they will enhance your practice, adding new skills and deepening your craft.

Masterclasses run most weekends during the Autumn and early Spring. Short Courses run throughout the academic year.

All classes and courses are priced as competitively as possible with discounts for students, Equity members and anyone who is on a low income or unwaged.

FOR TEACHERS: Reawaken your creativity and work with experienced professional actors to enhance your skills and deliver best practice in teaching the performance components of GCSE and A level drama

Connect with other teachers and be part of an ever-growing industry interface where your students will benefit from best practice. We run practical sessions for teachers throughout the academic year.

FOR STUDENTS IN YEARS 12 & 13 Book us to come into your school and talk about drama school and the audition process. We can offer a free workshop for your students followed by an in-depth explanation of the drama school audition process and a Q & A.

Bring your students to live performances, that will set them on the right path for a career in the performing arts.