Acting and Performance Making BA (Hons)
Course Overview - Acting and Performance Making BA (Hons)
Why study BA Acting and Performance Making at Goldsmiths
Join a bold, process-driven degree for creatives who want to forge their own path in contemporary theatre and performance. Equip yourself with the skills, insight, and confidence to lead and innovate in a changing world.
• You will become what we call an ‘actor-plus’: an actor and performance maker whose work engages with the wider practices that shape performance, including devising, directing, writing, design, producing and critical thinking.
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<strong>Why study BA Acting and Performance Making at Goldsmiths</strong><br/><br/><strong>Join a bold, process-driven degree for creatives who want to forge their own path in contemporary theatre and performance. Equip yourself with the skills, insight, and confidence to lead and innovate in a changing world.</strong><br/><br/><br/>• You will become what we call an ‘actor-plus’: an actor and performance maker whose work engages with the wider practices that shape performance, including devising, directing, writing, design, producing and critical thinking.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Studying with us will enable you to work in theatre, performance, screen, digital media, and across the wider creative industries, and will equip you to create, innovate and initiate change as an artist in your own right.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• You will develop skills in collaborating across a range of contexts, including working with a director, engaging in applied theatre settings, and devising and creating your own original performance projects.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Goldsmiths is recognised internationally for nurturing actors and performance makers who are politically engaged, critically informed and ecologically conscious, and who are shaping the future of theatre and performance.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• You will be introduced to a range of training methods, supporting your development as an artist who can reflect critically on your own process, personal journey, and the ethics of collaboration.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• There will be classes in rehearsal ethics, characterisation and ensemble skills, movement, voice, stage, screen and audio genres, text-based and devised work.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Our approach encourages you to pursue creative excellence while authoring original work shaped by your own voice, histories and worldviews: we pride ourselves on being a diverse community of makers and thinkers.<br/><br/>
Course Information
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Course Details
Information
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
21/09/2026
Campus
Main Site
Application Details
14 January
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
W410
Institution Code
G56
Points of Entry
Year 1, Year 2
Entry Requirements
UCAS Tariff
Not Accepted
Scottish Higher
C,C,C,C,D
Including a C in English Literature, English Language and Literature, Drama or Theatre Studies, or another humanities discipline.
Access to HE Diploma
D:24
Pass with 45 Level 3 credits including 24 Distinctions and a number of merits/passes in subject-specific modules
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
27
With three HL subjects at 555 including English Literature, English Language and Literature, Drama or Theatre Studies, or another humanities discipline.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DMM
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
H3,H3,H3,H3
Including English Literature, English Language and Literature, Drama or Theatre Studies, or another humanities discipline
Scottish Advanced Higher
D,D,D
Including English Literature, English Language and Literature, Drama or Theatre Studies, or another humanities discipline.
A level
C,C,C
Your qualifications must include a English Literature, English Language and Literature, Drama or Theatre Studies, or another humanities discipline. General Studies is not accepted as one of the three A-levels.
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Fees and funding
| Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland | £9,790 | 2026/27 | Year 1 |
| EU, International | £23,000 | 2026/27 | Year 1 |


















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