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U.K. Drama School That Trained Daniel Day-Lewis, Olivia Colman Shuts Down ‘Financially Unsustainable’ Undergrad Program
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, whose alumni include Daniel Day-Lewis and Olivia Colman, is shutting down its undergraduate 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, will no longer admit undergraduate students from this fall. The statement added that it was working closely with its degree-validating body, the University of the West of England, to ensure current students already enrolled on the program would be able to complete their courses.
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