Study acting in this intensive, month-long program in Oxford, in association with the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.

Now celebrating its 40th year, BADA’s Midsummer in Oxford program is one of the world’s best-known intensive, international acting courses. Based in the historic Magdalen College at the University of Oxford, it is designed for committed actors 18+ and focuses on classical theatre craft with an emphasis on Shakespeare. Participants work and live at Magdalen alongside the BADA Faculty, consisting of leading British theatre practitioners and teaching artists from top American graduate programs.

We welcome applicants at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as working actors not enrolled in educational programs. Actors aged 18 must have completed one year of college or have graduated from high school a year before the program starts to be eligible to apply for the coming summer.

Magdalen College is situated amid 100 acres of woodland, riverside walks, gardens, and the tranquil Deer Park. Its theatrical alumni include Oscar Wilde, Peter Brook, Katie Mitchell, and Andrew Lloyd-Webber.

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