Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (Welsh: Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru) is a conservatoire located in Cardiff, Wales.

In 1970 it changed its name to the Welsh College of Music & Drama before being awarded its royal title during Queen Elizabeth II's golden jubilee in 2002, making it the fifth conservatoire to be awarded this title.

[4] The college provides education and training in the performing arts and technical theatre, including music, acting, design, stage management and arts management.

A £22.5m expansion of the college was opened in 2011, including two new performance venues (Richard Burton Theatre and Dora Stoutzker Hall), a new front of house area and rehearsal studios.

[6] A second gala evening was presented at Buckingham Palace in 2016 to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the college's new facilities.

During the construction of the renovation and expansion of the college in 2011
NATO Foreign Ministers' dinner held at the Dora Stoutzker Hall, in the college on 4 September 2014
Anthony Hopkins Centre