Guildford School of Acting
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| Established | 1935 |
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| Acting Head of School | Sean McNamara |
| Director, Institute of Performance | Dr. Patrick Duggan |
| Head of Acting & Performance | Dr. Trevor Rawlins |
| Head of Dance, Movement & Choreography | Phyllida Crowley-Smith |
| Head of Technical Theatre Arts | Joanne Franklin |
| Founders | Pauline Grant Bice Bellairs |
| Location |
University of Surrey Stag Hill Campus Guildford GU2 7XH United Kingdom 
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| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 18+ (Full-time courses)+ |
| Website | Official Website |
Guildford School of Acting (GSA) is a drama school in Guildford, Surrey, England. It is an academic school in the University of Surrey with accreditation from Drama UK for its professional training degrees. As of 2014, it is the top scoring Drama UK accredited school for student satisfaction.
Guildford School of Acting (GSA), originally known as the Grant-Bellairs School of Dance and Drama, was founded in London in 1935 by Pauline Grant and Bice Bellairs. The school moved to Guildford in 1945 as a result of World War II. In 1964, the school became a charitable organisation and was renamed Guildford School of Acting & Dance. In the early 1990s the '& Dance' was dropped. Today the school is part of the University of Surrey's Stag Hill Campus, Guildford, Surrey.
The school offers professional training and academic degrees in theatre, dance, acting, musical theatre and production skills such as stage management, lighting and sound design. Following a re-structure in 2016, GSA now includes the well-established academic programmes in Theatre & Performance and Dance which had previously been part of the university's School of Arts. Surrey has a long association with dance having been the first university in the UK to validate a single honours dance degree. The university also hosts the National Resource Centre for Dance established in 1982 . All full-time courses lead towards further and higher education qualifications validated by either the University of Surrey or Trinity College London. A leading performing arts school, GSA is recognised as a centre of excellence for Musical Theatre training alongside research specialisms in performance philosophy and contemporary theatre practice. The Centre for Performance Philosophy (CCP), led by Dr. Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca, was founded in 2016 as part of the school's Institute of Performance.
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