Central School of Speech and Drama

Central School of Speech and Drama

Embassy Theatre, Eton Avenue, London, NW3 3HY
Tel: 020 7722 8183
Fax: 020 7722 4132
Email: enquiries@cssd.ac.uk
Course Leader Theatre Practice: Caroline Townsend
Course Leader MA Advanced Theatre Practice: Nick Wood

Description

The Central School of Speech and Drama has been going much longer than a great many university drama departments. It was founded in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer an entirely new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students. The choice of name - the Central School - highlighted the School's commitment to a broad range of training systems for vocal and dramatic performance. It espoused principles that were firmly held yet responsive to change. That sense of continuing critical openness to new developments is a lasting hallmark of the School.