The Swiss Cottage Campus, the main and sole teaching hub of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, focuses on world-class conservatoire training in drama, theatre, and performance. Housing the historic Embassy Theatre and state-of-the-art facilities, it offers intensive practical programmes across undergraduate, postgraduate, and research levels, emphasizing innovative artist development for stage, screen, and applied contexts.
- Acting and Performance: BA (Hons) Acting (Stage and Screen), Acting (Collaborative and Devised Theatre), Acting (Musical Theatre); MA Acting (Classical), MA Acting (Contemporary).
- Design and Production: BA (Hons) Costume Production, Production Lighting & Sound, Set and Costume; MA Theatre Design, Lighting Design.
- Applied Theatre and Dramatherapy: BA (Hons) Drama: Vocational Practice, Drama and Applied Theatre; MA Applied Theatre, Dramatherapy.
- Contemporary and Devised Performance: BA (Hons) Performance and Contemporary Arts; MA Performance Making, Text and Performance.
- Writing and Directing: BA (Hons) Writing for Performance; MA Directing, Playwriting.
- Theatre Crafts and Specialist Areas: Courses in puppetry, movement directing, advanced theatre practice, and research degrees like PhD in Drama.
This campus supports a vibrant ecosystem of rehearsals, productions, and industry placements, fostering skills in devising, classical repertoire, musical theatre, and socially engaged practice.
