BA Contemporary Performance Practice at RCSSD

28/07/2025

Welcome to The End Of The World- the nightclub for the damned!

The Bitter Pill is coming to Camden Fringe at The Libra Theatre Cafe on the 28th and 30th of July in Adrien Rosza’s debut play!

https://camdenfringe.com/events/the-bitter-pill/

Starting from this year’s SU Fest, The Bitter Pill is part immersive jukebox musical, part poetic ode to q***r culture, and full existential crisis! It follows aspiring poet and Oxford dropout Flood inside a lawless club where gender is left at the door and gloves are mandated to ‘not touch the light too soon’. It’s here where they meet The Anachronists; a group of misfits from bygone eras who convince them to swallow literal bitter pills and succumb to their desires. With intoxication literally in the air and iconic British songs turned into musical sequences, why not dance your life away and succumb to the end with company?

***rtheatre

Image description:
The image shows two people. One has long hair and wears a beanie. They have mascara dripping from their eyes as they watch the other person, who has short hair and holds a cigarette near their mouth. Green text at the top reads ‘THE BITTER PILL’, and smaller green text continues ‘A jukebox musical by Adrien Rosza, directed by Lizzie Peters; 28th and 30th July, The Libra Theatre Cafe’. Photo credits are given to Roman V Terrazas. At the bottom left, the words ‘The Camden Fringe’ are displayed, and to the right, there is a QR code (the link in the caption above takes you to the same page).

24/06/2025

We’re here to invite you to Suture, Suture is our first year immersive performance instillation, in collaboration with the wonderful 1st year design for performance. It will take place at on the 25th and 26th of June as part of live arts festival. Tickets are available now in bio! Come along!
“Suture is a live performance installation that emerges from an entwining of two threads of research and adaptation: histories of Hoxton Hall and the 1844 American play The Drunkard. This sculptural outcome, collectively devised by over 30 performers and designers, explores themes of temperance, excess, control and conspiracy”

Tickets 🎟️: https://l.instagram.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fheavy-load-tickets-1394408737069%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator%26fbclid%3DPAQ0xDSwLDjJpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp-2MmliFg5eJobia1yI6nWbMe0YAeQtxElKfdugF2GJl9Dq2q30GcaKT1u7h_aem_kx4qW-5f0TgJJsI9pEEMKg&e=AT14MGxyDMqVwnOOcXF8N6D53cmKKBiAOFaOT6C0n4ETd42SIApHDPop3Y2FAoXj61j-wdxLl0jnScWuFTUDIJyY7nqDCp0NRZELwasRxSP1xIyAfiQ4lTblCVKF

Image Description: A sky blue boarder. A black marble boarder. A poster with a white background advertising ‘Suture’. There’s a white gloved hand holding a pair of tweezers lifting various strands of red thread. Hoxton Hall June 25th & 26th!

21/06/2025

First year WFP students have their first showcase next week! And you can go along for free.✍️

Directed by Lucy Morrison, BA Writing for Performance presents a new collaboratively written work inspired by Hampstead Heath.

Tuesday 24 June 2025, 4pm
Studio C, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Eton Avenue, London NW3 3HY

A single day, the height of midsummer, a place across time – and something lost forever. Who is responsible? And more to the point, when?

Book your free tickets here: https://www.outsavvy.com/event/27935/directed-project (use code WFP27)

Image description:

The poster advertises Stories From The Solstice, a series of five short plays set across Hampstead Heath on the longest day of the year, directed by Lucy Morrison and presented by first-year WFP students, taking place at 4pm on Tuesday 24th June 2025 in Studio C at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, with a QR code and the note to use code WFP27.

11/06/2025

First year writing student Hollie Robson has written and directed a show called ‘How to kill a man’!

Anna and Dora live in London, they drink too much, go on too many dates and have one strange question to ask you: What’s the worst thing a woman can say to a man? Or better yet? How could they kill one?

The show is on at Etcetera Theatre, Camden, on 20th and 21st June, 9-10pm

Ticket link: https://www.citizenticket.com/events/etcetera-theatre/how-to-kill-a-man/

Image description:
Red poster background with the title ‘ How to Kill a Man’. Two young girls are either side with half their faces in frame. Left: She is wearing brown square sunglasses and has light brown braids swooped over her shoulder. She wears a gold hoop earring and a white sleeve is in frame. Right: She is blonde and shorter wearing thin, oval ,black sunglasses and a silver hoop earring. Her hair is clipped back with one strand out. The centre of the poster reads ‘Etcetra Theatre, Camden. 20th + 21st June. Written and Directed by Hollie Robson’ The bottom centre right reads ‘Pola Blanda and Olivia Nwabunor’. All text is white and thin.

04/06/2025

Throwback to last term’s incredible third-year SLP & SLWP productions! 🎭✨
Each group devised/wrote and performed original pieces over three unforgettable nights of talent, creativity, and passion. Here are some of the professional photos from a few of the shows.

Huge thanks to for taking incredible photos

Image 1: Three performers pose around a hoop with fabric, under purple stage lights.
Image 2: A performer holds foil props aloft in front of a screen, lit in blue.
Image 3: Woman in red dress dramatically holds up a can of soup.
Image 4: A performer throws clothes in the air on stage, barefoot and expressive.
Image 5: Two actors share chips; one is dressed as a bee, the other in pink.
Image 6: Three performers stand still in a dark space, one holds a light to their face.
Image 7: two women in front of a pink screen, one holding cardboard that says:
ABORTION
ACT
PASSED
1967
ROE V. WADE
over Turned
2022
It’s only a matter of time
Image 8: Three performers in blue
lighting, using fabric and props.
Image 9: Performers in playful costumes pose around an aerial hoop on stage.
Image 10: Minimalist scene with performers reaching toward a light.

04/06/2025

Throwback to last term’s incredible third-year SLP & SLWP productions! 🎭✨
Each group devised/wrote and performed original pieces over three unforgettable nights of talent, creativity, and passion. Here are some of the professional photos from a few of the shows.

Huge thanks to for taking incredible photos 📸

Image 1: Three performers pose around a hoop with fabric, under purple stage lights.
Image 2: A performer holds foil props aloft in front of a screen, lit in blue.
Image 3: Three performers stand still in a dark space, one holds a light to their face.
Image 4: Performer in red gown, mid-expression on stage.
Image 5: Performer with fairy wings at ironing board, playful setup.
Image 6: Three performers in blue
lighting, using fabric and props.
Image 7: Performers in playful costumes pose around an aerial hoop on stage.
Image 8: Minimalist scene with performers reaching toward a light.
Image 9: Woman in red dress dramatically holds up a can of soup.
Image 10: two women in front of a pink screen, one holding cardboard that says:
ABORTION
ACT
PASSED
1967
ROE V. WADE
over Turned
2022
It’s only a matter of time

04/06/2025

02/06/2025

Third Year Writing for Performance 2025 presents as ClassActCollective their final showcase All But Done

Please join us at Soho Theatre
Thursday 19th June
12pm or 3pm
Running Time - 1.5hrs

Ticket link
https://www.outsavvy.com/organiser/class-act-collective

30/05/2025

Third year DATE student has written and directed a play for Wandsworth Arts Fringe! 🎭

Saree Stories, a play about South Asian clothing and the legacy, history and generational impact the garment holds.

The show is at the Arches on 12th and 13th June
Tickets are available at this link, and it would be great to see some of you there! https://welcometowandsworth.com/events/K6-saree-stories/

Writer and director - Carina Chatlini
Stage manager - Alex Willcox
Light and sound technician and operator - Eva Belgrave
Costume designer - Sophie Bruno

16/05/2025

Congratulations again to our amazing third years for completing their dissertations!🎓
We’re excited to share a collection of titles from our EAP cohort, showcasing the range of topics and research interests explored throughout the year. These projects reflect the effort, focus, and academic growth our students have demonstrated — well done to all involved!

Image description:
1: blue background, with the logo in the top right corner. Written is 2025 dissertations and on the bottom is an arrow gif

2-9: A curated list of EAP dissertation titles from this year’s cohort, showcasing the breadth of student research.

16/05/2025

Congratulations again to our amazing third years 📝
for completing their dissertations!
We’re excited to share a collection of titles from our EAP cohort, showcasing the range of topics and research interests explored throughout the year. These projects reflect the effort, focus, and academic growth our students have demonstrated — well done to all involved!

Image description:
1: blue background, with the logo in the top right corner. Written is 2025 dissertations and on the bottom is an arrow gif

2-9: A curated list of EAP dissertation titles from this year’s cohort, showcasing the breadth of student research.

14/03/2025

Our 3rd Year DATE and WfP digital project students are excited to invite you to their sharing ‘Thats a Wrap’

For the past 9 weeks, the group have been working on developing short films, which will be shared in Studio C, Thursday 20th March, 6pm. Book via the link in our story.

Here are some of the posters for the showcase.

LINE UP
Group 1:
-Sarayah
-Tyrese
-Shae-love
-Zency

Group 2:
-Niki and Jess
-Tiger
-Connor
-Cassie

Group 3:
-Charlie
-Elsie
-Sid
-Angelina