Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama attracts the best creative talent from across the globe. As Wales’ national conservatoire, we fire imagination and drive innovation, offering training to almost 800 actors, musicians, designers, technicians and arts managers from more than 40 countries. Our students’ extraordinary talent and potential is fused with exceptional teaching and unrivalled industry links, to bring dreams to life. A space for everyone, creative ambition and collaboration are central to our excellence.  

Richard Burton Company: Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama’s inhouse theatre company, the Richard Burton Company, is made up actors, stage managers, theatre designers and musical theatre performers in their final year of training at the College. As one of  Wales’ most prolific repertory companies, it reimagines classics through a modern lens, and presents contemporary drama, new writing and musical theatre that reflects society today.  Staging around eighteen productions each year to both Cardiff and London audiences, it empowers its students as creatives, working with some of UK’s best theatre makers and industry leaders with a professional focus.