This vocational degree is aimed at highly motivated performers of outstanding ability who wish to make their career as professional actors in theatre, film, television and all other areas of the creative industries; at the heart of the programme is the systematic teaching of classical and contemporary approaches to acting, including in-depth work based on Stanislavski, Lecoq and others. Students are supported by an extensive programme of voice, movement and singing studies and the course offers a substantial amount of Acting for Media. Workshops covering a range of activities including devising for actors and the role of the actor in an educational context, are also essential elements; the programme is well-known to the profession and many potential employers attend performances throughout the year including the Audition Showcase in Glasgow and London's West End; students hone their skills in the Academy's impressive and varied range of performance venues, as well as appearing in a range of professional contexts; these have included mainstage productions at the Tron, the Arches, the Traverse Theatre, Dundee Rep, the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh and co-productions with Citizens Theatre, Glasgow and York Theatre Royal. Recent production tours have included Germany and Russia; as part of the Professional Practice module, final year students work with a number of top directors, casting directors, actors and agents all of whom are available to give careers advice. In addition each final year actor has a working actor mentor; mentors to date have included Billy Boyd, Alan Cumming, David Tennent and Colin McCredie.