Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
![Gower Street entrance](/Images/godic/202502/05/RADA_62_Gower_Street,_London_WC1E_6ED._Frontage_dates_from_19051951.JPG")
![Herbert Beerbohm Tree, who founded the Academy of Dramatic Art in 1904.](/Images/godic/202502/05/Sir_Herbert_Beerbohm_Tree1951.png")
![George Bernard Shaw, who donated the royalties from his play Pygmalion to RADA in 1912.](/Images/godic/202502/05/George_bernard_shaw1952.jpg")
![The RADA building at 18 Chenies Street](/Images/godic/202502/05/RADA_Chenies_St1952.JPG")
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) is a drama school in London, England. It is one of the oldest drama schools in the United Kingdom, founded in 1904.
RADA is an affiliate school of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama. Its higher education awards are validated by King's College London (KCL) and its students graduate alongside members of the departments which form the KCL Faculty of Arts & Humanities. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Senate House complex of the University of London.