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The British American Drama Academy (BADA) was founded in 1984 to enable students from around the world to study classical theatre with leading actors and directors of the British stage.
Rehearsal life is longest distance relationship 🥲💔💔
But we’ll reunite soon!
16/04/2026
Are you ready to immerse yourself in theatre training this fall?
BADA is looking for early career actors and directors with UK residence to join our flagship London Theatre Programme’s Fall 2026 semester (12 September - 19 December) as Branch Scholars, with full tuition covered!
Branch Scholarships are open to candidates with UK residence and will be awarded competitively through an audition and interview process. This is an unparalleled opportunity for early-career actors and directors to undertake 14 weeks of full-time professional theatre training with leading teachers and directors for free, perfect as a bridge into studying in a UK or international theatre conservatoire, or as part of a portfolio of training.
Applications are due 3rd June, link in bio or https://bit.ly/badabranch
Photos: (2) Our Spring 2026 Branch Scholars during their orientation; (3) some of our current Branch Scholars and a few of our Branch Scholar alumni who returned to BADA to join our recent Q&A with playwright and director Robert Icke; (4) Fall 2025 Branch Scholar with other LTP students at Shakespeare’s Globe (all programme theatre tickets and social events are covered by the Scholarship)
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At BADA we might have shows and open days where we prepare for hours, where family and loved ones come to watch, and that we post on our feeds. But the real magic at BADA happens in the in between moments, the journey, the learning, and the stories we make in the hallway and rehearsal rooms. ❤️⭐️🥹
We can’t believe Spring ‘26 has gone by so quick
30/03/2026
Recently, we marked the first year of our BADA Studio with another set of events in New York City!
Award-winning playwright Mark Rosenblatt, whose play “Giant” recently transferred from the West End and opened on Broadway, joined Dean Ben Naylor for a Q&A about both the process of writing a play like “Giant” and tackled some specific topics in the play, leading to a larger discussion about art and the artist and the complexities of every human being. One of the threads that ran throughout was allowing the audience to think, to come up with their own opinions, not just about Dahl but about all of the characters around him. Each character has to be flawed and complex, not just the lead role. By building out this world and these characters, we see more of real life in this play rather than ‘a lesson’ that the playwright wants to teach. (Photos: 1 - 5)
A group of Q&A participants attended a performance of “Giant” on Broadway in advance of the session with Mark. (Photo 6)
Alumni, supporters, and friends joined the Dean, Managing Director Lar’s Franke, and members of the BADA team for a Studio Social to celebrate. (Photos 7 - 8)
Thank you to everyone who took part in these events and particularly to .rosenblatt for joining us for the Q&A, , and to and for hosting us for these events!
Stay tuned for more in the coming weeks as we’re in the process of planning more BADA Studio events and we’re hoping to do one every two months. Whether it’s NYC or LA or Chicago or Atlanta or Philadelphia or Virtual. Whether you attended 40 years ago or are about to, the BADA Studio has something for everyone!
18/03/2026
Reminiscing on the phenomenal theatre industry professionals that graced our students with masterclasses this semester !! 🤩💫⭐️
The wonderful , who’s currently performing in the Old Vic’s Arcadia, spoke to our students on his career change into acting, the difference between directing and acting roles, and life when performing.
Our lovely faculty talked to pessiedu ,who’s currently performing in All My Sons on the West End, about training, his journey between stage and screen, as well as one’s role in the industry.
Mark Bell, award-winning director, led a comedy workshop during their masterclass — showing our students the practices and techniques he uses to guide his casts through shows!
The amazing (MIO’18), currently performing in DEEP AZURE at the Globe, with director of DEEP AZURE and former BADA production director talked about adapting Chadwick Boseman’s (MIO’98) play; from his use of verse, to understanding Howard University, and the themes of grief that Deep Azure touches on.
and Agnes O’Casey, who are performing together in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, had a wonderful masterclass workshop and Q&A with our students, showing them techniques and practice they bring to their own work!
We can’t thank these amazing theatre professionals enough for all the advice, experience, and learning they brought to BADA this semester 🫂❤️👏
Which plays were you hoping for?? We can’t wait to get started on these amazing productions 🥳🥳🥳
7 weeks of teaching down and our spring ‘26 cohort are a bunch of eager beavers 🦫 for their productions 🤩🤓🎉
The work they’ve been doing so far has been absolutely marvellous!!! Can you guess which plays their learning will take them to this semester???🤔🧐🤔🧐🎬🎬🎬
05/03/2026
Everyone at BADA was deeply saddened to learn of the recent passing of George Hall, long-time Governor and Faculty member. Former BADA Midsummer in Oxford Faculty member and BADA friend and advocate, Linda Gates, shares some memories of George and his ongoing impact on actor training.
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George Hall and BADA
George Hall joined the faculty at the BADA Midsummer in Oxford program when it first began under the direction of Tony Branch and Carolyn Sands in 1984 at Balliol College, Oxford. At that time George was also director of the acting course at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (Central) in London and afterwars taught at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Shortly afterwards he joined the faculty at the Royal Academy of Music where he was a member of its Musical Theatre department, teaching his last class on Zoom shortly before his death at age 101. George was also the only British members of the faculty of the International Cabaret Conference at Yale University where he taught with a cohort of American music theatre professionals every summer for many years.
I first met George in 1974 when he was the Guest Speaker at the American Theatre Conference in Washington DC. I’ll never forget his wonderful speech about ‘what was right’ about the American theater in which he encouraged American acting programs to embrace our unique theatre art form - the musical theatre. At that time it wasn’t taught in many top drama schools, and we were forbidden to do musicals when I was at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon). Under George Hall’s direction Central was one of the first British drama schools to introduce singing as part of the program for all the students...
Read the rest of Linda’s piece on the BADA blog: http:www.bada.org.uk/blog or in our bio link.
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Photos: (1) George at MIO 1998, directing a small chorus in “We’ll Meet Tomorrow” from Titanic: The Musical; photo by Giles Miller (MIO ’98); (2) Excerpt from the MIO 1998 group photo – George, standing in the back row, 5th from the left; Linda seated in the middle row, 4th from the right.
03/03/2026
SHAKESPEARE W/ SCOTT ! 🎭📚🫶
Scott Handy is teaching Shakespeare to our Globe cohort this semester and we want to share a sneak peek into the lovely learning that’s been going on 🤭🥳⭐️
Scott teaches Shakespeare from text to speech guiding our students through techniques and practice that allow them to fully understand Bard’s words. Scott helps the students dive deep into the meaning, pathos, and nuance of different scenes, helping them progress their memorisation and performance through understanding.
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Amazing performances by our Globe cohort as well!!
Follow along for more BADA LTP content as— wait for it— we’re almost at the end of our teaching block 🤩🤓 !!
17/02/2026
NYC-area alumni and friends - the BADA Studio is back in New York City next month for sessions with playwright Mark Rosenblatt (“Giant” on Broadway) and alum Adam Kantor (MIO ‘06; Broadway’s “The Band’s Visit”, “Rent”)!
We will also hold a Studio Social to mark the first anniversary of the Studio — come have your first drink on us and celebrate with other alums and members of the BADA family!
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Q&A with Mark Rosenblatt - Playwright of Broadway’s “Giant”
When: Sunday, March 22nd, 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
CLASS LIMIT: 45
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Adam Kantor (MIO ’06) - Acting Your Song
When: Monday, March 23rd, 4:30 PM to 9:00 PM
CLASS LIMIT: 15
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Studio Social
When: Sunday, March 22nd, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Please RSVP so we can reserve an appropriately-sized venue.
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Visit our bio link or the BADA blog (http://www.bada.org.uk/blog) for full event details and to register! Registration for the sessions with Mark and Adam open 21 February and RSVPs for the Studio Social are open now!
07/02/2026
Application Dates Extended for BADA’s early summer programmes! Applications are now due 13 February for the Black British Theatre and Performance Programme, the Greek Theatre Programme, and the Spanish Theatre Programme.
For guaranteed consideration, please apply by February 13th.
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BLACK BRITISH THEATER AND PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
30 May - 27 June 2026
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GREEK THEATRE PROGRAM
30 May - 27 June 2026
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SPANISH THEATRE PROGRAM
9 June – 7 July 2026
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Applications may be accepted on a rolling basis after February 13th if space allows.
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Visit our website (http://www.bada.org.uk) or our bio link for more info & to submit your application!
| Monday | 9am - 5pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 5pm |
| Friday | 9am - 5pm |