‘MADS’: This is the new acting creation school in Madrid

“We believe that actors are creators. In the current audiovisual industry, it is increasingly common for the actors themselves to direct, write, produce… Many successful series and films have emerged from the ideas and impulse of actors and actresses. MADS is, therefore, a school that responds to the new creative concerns of performers, but also to the new demands of the audiovisual market.”. This is the philosophy of the Madrid Audiovisual Drama School, a new acting and creation school that will open its doors next September in the heart of Madrid and whose presentation was sponsored by Álvaro Morte, María Valverde, Omar Ayuso, Toni Acosta, Dani Rovira and Jaime Lorente.

Directed by Carina Pardavila, the school will have a first class teaching staff such as the screenwriter Jorge Gerricaechevarría, the actors Elvira Mínguez, Fernando Soto and Antonio Muñoz de Mesa, the director Daniel Monzón, or the casting directors Eva Leira and Yolanda Serrano. A team for students to learn, from day one, to work in front of and behind the cameras in an audiovisual industry that increasingly offers more professional opportunities.

The school headquarters, located in a unique building near Plaza de Cascorro, in the center of Madrid, is equipped with a set, sound booth and editing equipment. In this first course he will offer a three-year diploma in Acting and Audiovisual Creation, and two master’s degreesboth organized in collaboration with ESCAC: the Master for Creative Actors, and the Master in Casting Direction.

MADS will also have visiting professors of great international reputation, such as the North American coach Bob McAndrew or the British actress Lesley Owen, who is an acting tutor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA).