Applicants with a disability
The information below is for all undergraduate and postgraduate applicants. For any queries relating to postgraduate research applications and disability and/or accessibility needs, please contact disability@gsmd.ac.uk or Maggie Loxton (maggie.loxton@gsmd.ac.uk).
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Inclusive Practice and Additional Arrangements
Inclusive Practice and Additional Arrangements
Inclusive Practice for Auditions and Interviews
Our aim is to provide an inclusive, welcoming audition/interview environment and to cater for all types of learners by accommodating their needs wherever practicable. For all candidates to feel comfortable and to perform at their best, panels will:
•provide clear, concise instructions and questions, and to repeat them if required;
•allow time for candidates to process and respond to questions;
•be ready to re-phrase questions for clarity and better comprehension;
•speak slowly and clearly, as best they can.
Printed materials
All printed materials supplied by the school (such as sight-reading tasks for music, if applicable):
- Will be provided on off-white paper and in large print
- Coloured overlays will usually be available
- Candidates are welcome to bring their own overlays or assistive technologies to read printed materials.
If you are unsure whether you will be required to access printed materials produced by the school as part of your audition/interview, please contact disability@gsmd.ac.uk to request details about the process for your department/discipline.
Please note there are no sight-reading requirements for the Acting programme or Production Arts programmes.
Additional Arrangements
Please note: all additional arrangements and/or access requirements must be requested a minimum of 2 weeks before an audition or interview.
Applicants can request additional arrangements beyond our inclusive practice guidelines or state any access requirements on their application form. Once the form is submitted, this information will be passed onto the Senior Disability and Welfare Advisor who will be in contact via email to confirm arrangements.
Applicants can also contact disability@gsmd.ac.uk to discuss or request additional arrangements and access requirements. Please note, these must be requested a minimum of 2 weeks before an audition or interview.
Music Auditions - Disability and Access Information
Most music auditions/interviews take place in our Silk Street building, but please check the location of your audition when details are sent to you by email.
The Silk Street building is accessible by a gentle slope from the main street. On entering the building turn right and walk past the main ‘reception desk’ – you should see a large ‘auditions’ banner and a desk with a blue table cover. Please go to the desk and check in with the stewards stationed there.
The stewards will look after you once you have checked in at the front desk.
They will direct you around the building and will escort you to your warm-up room and audition/interview room at the correct time.
Once the audition process is complete, the steward will direct you back to the foyer area (where you arrived).
If you have any accessibility needs, such as requiring lift access, please contact disability@gsmd.ac.uk at least two weeks before your audition, so that we can ensure your audition takes place on a floor which is accessible by lift.
If you are sight or hearing impaired and may need a guide to escort you personally, please get in touch at your earliest convenience so that we can arrange this for you.
If you are under the age of 18, you are welcome to bring a parent/guardian with you, but please note that they cannot access the warm-up and audition spaces – they may sit in the foyer or the café, which is accessed from the foyer on the Lower Ground floor.
There is a water fountain in the Lower Ground café area, to the right hand side of the counter.
As the Silk Street foyer space can become busy during term time, candidates should be aware that it can become quite noisy at times. If you arrive early and require a quiet space, there as some spaces nearby that we recommend, as listed under our ‘accessibility and surrounding spaces’ section below.
Acting Auditions and Production Arts Interviews – Disability and Access Information
Acting auditions and Production Arts interviews take place in Milton Court; however, please check the location of your audition/interview when details are sent to you by email.
Milton Court is accessible at street level. Please report to the Stage Door to register.
Stewards will be on hand during the audition/interview; they will direct you around the building and escort you to your waiting room and audition/interview room.
Once the audition process is complete, you will be directed back to the Stage Door (where you arrived).
If you have any accessibility needs, such as requiring lift access, please contact disability@gsmd.ac.uk at least two weeks before your audition. If you are sight or hearing impaired and may need a guide to escort you personally, please get in touch at your earliest convenience so that we can arrange this for you.
If you are under the age of 18, you may arrive with a parent/guardian; however, please note that they cannot stay and access the waiting room and audition/interview spaces.
Water fountains are located on most levels in Milton Court.
Please do not arrive before your report time. If you do arrive early and require a quiet space, there are some spaces nearby that we recommend, as listed under our ‘accessibility and surrounding spaces’ section below.
Accessible and Surrounding Spaces
Silk Street: Accessible toilet via lift.
Individual toilets on each floor.
Milton Court: Accessible and/or individual toilets on Level G, 2 and 4.
Barbican Cinema Café: Accessible toilets and/or individual toilets. Open 8am-10pm Mon-Fri.
Walking time: Approx. 5 minutes to Silk Street building.
Address: Beech St, Barbican, London EC1Y 4SB.
What Three Words: ///pads.apron.heat
Barbican Centre: Accessible toilets. Level G.
Walking time: Less than 2 minutes to Silk Street Building.
Address: Silk St, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DS.
What Three Words: ///zest.finds.cost
Marks and Spencer: Accessible toilet. Open 7am-8pm.
Walking time: Approx. 10 minutes to Silk Street building
Address: 70 Finsbury Pavement, Moorgate, London EC2A 1SA
What Three Words: ///gloves.open.cycle
Waitrose: Open 7am-10pm Mon-Fri.
Walking time: Approx. 5 minutes to Silk Street building
Address: Cherry Tree Walk Centre, Whitecross St, London EC1Y 8NX
What Three Words: ///shell.mount.exact
London Wall Place: Plenty of outdoor seating and some green spaces.
Walking time: Approx. 5 minutes to Silk Street building.
Address: 1 London Wall Place, London Wall, Barbican, London EC2Y 5AU
What Three Words: ///treat.middle.popped
Lakeside (Silk Street): Plenty of outdoor seating.
Onsite, at the back of Silk Street building.
Fortune Street Park: Some outdoor seating, green space, coffee stand open during day.
Walking time: Approx. 10 minutes to Silk Street building.
Address: Fortune Street Park, 18 Fortune St, London EC1Y 0SB
What Three Words: ///chemistry.paying.feel
Barbican Centre: Plenty of indoor seating areas, open during the day, usually quiet. Next to Martini Bar, Level 1.
Walking time: Less than 2 minutes to Silk Street building
Address: Silk St, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DS.
What Three Words: ///zest.finds.cost
Barbican Library: Plenty of seating, quiet, open during the day. No card needed to enter. Level 2 of Barbican Centre.
Walking time: Less than 2 minutes to Silk Street building
What Three Words: ///zest.finds.cost
FWD: Small coffee shop with seating, food and drink, can connect to Wi-Fi, has toilets. Open 7am-7pm Mon-Fri.
Walking time: Approx. 10 minutes to Silk Street Building
Address: 161A Whitecross St, London EC1Y 8JL
What Three Words: ///cheat.puppy.gosh
Pret: Plenty of seating, food and drink, has toilets. Open from 7am Mon-Fri.
Walking time: Less than 5 minutes to Silk Street building
Address: 70 Chiswell St, London EC1Y 4AB
What Three Words: ///teach.senior.window
Barbican Cinema Café: Usually not too busy, plenty of seating. Open 8am-10pm Mon-Fri.
Walking time: Approx. 5 minutes to Silk Street building
Address: Beech St, Barbican, London EC1Y 4SB
What Three Words: ///pads.apron.heat
Waitrose: Open 7am-10pm Mon-Fri.
Walking time: Approx. 5 minutes to Silk Street building
Address: Cherry Tree Walk Centre, Whitecross St, London EC1Y 8NX
What Three Words: ///shell.mount.exact
Tesco Express – Barbican: Open 6am-10pm.
Walking time: Approx. 10 minutes to Silk Street building
Address: 131 Aldersgate St, Barbican, London EC1A 4JQ
What Three Words: ///noise.tester.doll
Tesco Express – Chiswell Street:
Walking time: Approx. 5 minutes to Silk Street Building
Address: 24 Chiswell St, London EC1Y 4TY
What Three Words: ///submit.each.sticky
Boots: Open 7am-8pm.
Walking time: Approx. 5 minutes to Silk Street building
Address: 143, 171 Moorgate, London EC2M 6XQ
What Three Words: ///rice.agreed.prefer
Marks and Spencer: Open 7am-8pm.
Walking time: Approx. 10 minutes to Silk Street building
Address: 70 Finsbury Pavement, Moorgate, London EC2A 1SA
What Three Words: ///gloves.open.cycle
Portmans Pharmacy: Open 9am-6:30pm.
Walking time: Approx. 5 minutes to Silk Street building
Address: 5, Cherry Tree Walk, Whitecross Street, London EC1Y 8NX
What Three Words: ///mild.deputy.shades
Applicant Disability and Disclosure FAQs
When completing your online application, there will be a section in which you can declare a disability/condition and enter in any relevant information.
The information disclosed on your application is only accessible to the administrative team and the Learning Support Senior Advisor.
If we deem that information about your disability needs to be shared with the audition panel to make sure that you receive a fair assessment, we will share the following information (all information will be shared and considered confidentially):
- That you have declared a disability
- Reasonable adjustments required (as established between yourself and the Learning Support Senior Advisor).
If however after carefully considering your disability we do not feel your audition/interview panel needs to know this information, we will not share it with them.
Academic staff will not be made aware of disability information unless you progress to offer-holder stage and you complete the ‘Consent to Share’ process.
