U.K. Drama School That Trained Daniel Day-Lewis, Olivia Colman Shuts Down ‘Financially Unsustainable’ Undergrad Program

U.K. Drama School That Trained Daniel Day-Lewis, Olivia Colman Shuts Down ‘Financially Unsustainable’ Undergrad Program

One of the U.K.’s most prestigious drama schools – whose alumni include Daniel Day-Lewis, Olivia Colman and Patrick Stewart among other well-known names – is shutting down its undergraduate program, which it has deemed “financially unsustainable.” The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which has also trained Jeremy Irons, Naomie Harris, Josh O’Connor and Gene Wilder, […]

Prestigious theatre school attended by Daniel Day-Lewis and Olivia Colman scraps undergraduate programmes amid 'unprecedented funding challenges'

A bleak assessment of financial dilemmas facing colleges and universities across the country has been issued by the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.