Graded exams in musical theatre
Six awarding organisations offer graded musical theatre exams. Not one of them awards musical theatre alone: every organisation here also examines music, drama, or both.
What a graded musical theatre exam covers
Musical theatre draws singing, acting and dance together into one graded, performance-ready discipline, assessed under the same progressive structure as every other art form.
Every one of the six organisations awarding it also examines music, drama or both. Musical theatre is not a fourth thing beside the others so much as the three assessed together.
Where musical theatre sits in the framework
- Musical theatre carries the same graded progression as music, dance and drama. Grades 1 to 3 sit at Level 1 of the Regulated Qualifications Framework, Grades 4 to 5 at Level 2, and Grades 6 to 8 at Level 3, alongside the other art forms.
The 6 organisations awarding graded musical theatre
Each sets its own syllabuses and appoints its own examiners. Contact them directly for syllabuses, entry, fees, dates and results.
All six, alphabetically
Founded 1861 to 1991
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM)
4 London Wall Place, London EC2Y 5AU
London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA)
155 Talgarth Road, London W14 9DA
London College of Music Examinations
University of West London, St Mary's Road, Ealing W5 5RF
New Era Academy (NEA)
2 Aglaia Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 5SN
RSL Awards
Harlequin House, 7 High Street, Teddington TW11 8EE
Trinity College London (TCL)
Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London SE1 0TA
Looking for a different discipline?
The same graded structure runs through all four performing arts. Twenty organisations award them between them.
Every exam question belongs to an awarding organisation
Syllabuses, entry, fees, dates and results are set by each organisation, not by CDMT. Pick one above and go direct.