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East 15 Acting School

Drama school in Loughton, Essex, United Kingdom

Summary

Drama school in Loughton, Essex, United Kingdom

Field	Value
name	East 15 Acting School
image	East 15 Hatfields.jpg
caption	Hatfields House, Loughton Campus
other_name	East 15
established	1961
2000 – merged with University of Essex
type	Public
director	Chris Main
city	Loughton
state	Essex
country	UK
website
parent	University of Essex
affiliations	{{plainlist
logo	East 15 Acting School Wordmark.jpg

2000 – merged with University of Essex

Federation of Drama Schools East 15 Acting School, sometimes known simply as East 15, is a drama school based in Essex, England. It provides vocational training in acting, specialist performance disciplines, theatre directing, stage management, and creative producing. The school was established in 1961 by Margaret Bury, a member of Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop. Since 2000, its degrees are conferred by the University of Essex.

History

East 15 Acting School was founded in 1961 by Margaret Bury.

East 15 draws its origins from the work of Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop. Margaret Bury was part of the Theatre Workshop for 14 years before starting East 15 Acting School in 1961. She drew on the teaching methods and philosophies of the Theatre Workshop, and its guiding principles continue to inform East 15's teaching and productions today.

In 2000, East 15 found established its partnership with the University of Essex. At its inception, Essex's founding Vice-Chancellor, Sir Albert Sloman, emphasised that "radical innovation" would be at the heart of its approach, including new specialist performance courses and the creation of new facilities, including the Clifftown Theatre and a motion capture studio served by 30 Vicon sensors.

Description

East 15 is located in the county of Essex in England. The school provides vocational training in acting, specialist performance disciplines, theatre directing, stage management, and creative producing. It offers a number of undergraduate and postgraduate courses across two campuses, located in Loughton and Southend-on-Sea. Its degrees are awarded by the University of Essex, with which it merged on 1 September 2000.

Since around 2014 and the director of East 15 is Chris Main.

East 15 is a member of the Federation of Drama Schools.

Ranking

In 2025, East 15 (as part of the University of Essex), was ranked 1st the UK in ''The Guardian'''s University Guide rankings for Drama and Dance.

Notable alumni

Notable graduates from East 15 include:

Maisie Adam
Arsher Ali
Patricia Allison
Peter Armitage
Annette Badland
Marcus Bentley
Linnea Berthelsen
David L. Boushey
Sian Breckin
Corinna Brown
Marji Campi
Ian Champion
Nathan Clarke
Peter Cleall
Susannah Corbett
Stephen Daldry
April De Angelis
Janine Duvitski
Alan Ford
Paul Garnault
Alex Giannini
Chris Haywood
Elizabeth Henstridge
The Kipper Kids
Gabriella Leon
Kevin Lloyd
John McArdle
Sera-Lys McArthur
Ann Mitchell
Diane Morgan
Billy Murray
Michael Parr
Vicki Pepperdine
Jenny Platt
George Rossi
Chris Ryan
Ruth Sheen
Marlene Sidaway
Kiell Smith-Bynoe
Alison Steadman
Gwen Taylor
Abigail Thorn
Kraig Thornber
Oliver Tobias
Rhydian Vaughan
Steven Waddington
Clive Wedderburn
Kate Williams
David Yip
Meng'er Zhang
Philip Hedley
Kyran Thrax
Daniel Ezra
Melissa Johns Damon Albarn and Marc Warren attended the institution but did not graduate.

References

''[http://east15.ac.uk/courses/baacting.shtml "East 15 Acting School: BA (Hons) Acting Course (3 year)"] {{webarchive. link. (13 May 2008'' Retrieved 26 May 2008)
"East 15 Acting School {{!}} University of Essex".
''[http://east15.ac.uk/about/essexuniversity.shtml "East 15 Acting School: University of Essex"] {{webarchive. link. (13 May 2008 '' Retrieved 26 May 2008)
"University of Essex".
"Chris Main".
"Rainy season". Encyclopedia of Korean National Culture.
(2020). "East 15 Alumni". east15.ac.uk.

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