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ASE Summer Schools in Bath
June 7 - July 13, 2025
Limited places are available on each course to preserve the small, interactive class experience, and places will be allocated to suitably qualified applicants on a first-come-first-served basis.
The deadline for initial applications is February 15, 2025.
Acting, British Style
From Dame Maggie Smith to Naomie Harris, from Sir Ian McKellen to Idris Elba and Andrew Scott, British actors are world-renowned for their versatility and skill. But what does it mean to learn to act, British style?
Not Just Shakespeare: British Theatre History
Realism, Naturalism, Romanticism, Total Theatre, Socialist and Feminist Drama: there have been numerous developments in British Theatre since William Shakespeare and the Renaissance.
Shakespeare, Magic and the Supernatural
Shakespeare’s plays are positively filled with supernatural happenings and otherworldly beings: faeries, ghosts, sorcerers, and witches; mythological deities; efficacious curses; enchanted handkerchiefs; uncanny oracles; living statues; even resurrected mummies. How should we understand the kinds of magical power represented in these plays?
Acting, British Style
From Dame Maggie Smith to Naomie Harris, from Sir Ian McKellen to Idris Elba and Andrew Scott, British actors are world-renowned for their versatility and skill. But what does it mean to learn to act, British style?
Not Just Shakespeare: British Theatre History
Realism, Naturalism, Romanticism, Total Theatre, Socialist and Feminist Drama: there have been numerous developments in British Theatre since William Shakespeare and the Renaissance.