Performing Arts and Production PhD

The School of Arts offers a stimulating and supportive intellectual environment, consisting of a diverse culture of interdisciplinary postgraduate research. You’ll benefit from working with a team of both research-active and industry-connected supervisors.<br/><br/>**Dance**<br/><br/>We have a well-established research reputation and strong links and partnerships with arts organisations, professional dance companies, dance practitioners and publishing houses in the UK and internationally.<br/><br/>We welcome students interested in:<br/><br/><br/>- dance, somatics and philosophy<br/>- dance, spirituality and religious studies<br/>- dance science<br/>- performance praxis<br/>- community dance and education<br/>- inter-cultural and cross-cultural dance cultures.<br/><br/><br/>**Drama**<br/><br/>Our growing drama community offers opportunities to engage in a rich programme of talks and workshops from visiting lecturers/companies. You’ll also benefit from our close links with local professional theatres and festivals.<br/><br/>You’ll be supported by staff whose specialisms include:<br/><br/><br/>- devising<br/>- writing for performance<br/>- acting<br/>- classical, immersive and participatory theatre<br/>- theatrical adaptation<br/>- multimedia and site-related performance<br/>- theatre and education and applied theatre.<br/><br/><br/>**Performing Arts**<br/><br/>Postgraduate study in performing arts covers a wide range of topics, with a focus on interdisciplinary work. Members of the performing arts team have a particular interest in practice as research.<br/><br/>Areas of research interest and experience include:<br/><br/><br/>- musical theatre<br/>- devising<br/>- writing for performance<br/>- live and mediated performance<br/>- theatre and interactivity<br/>- applied theatre<br/>- health, wellbeing and resilience.<br/><br/><br/>This research contributes to the research priority areas Sport, Exercise, Health and Wellbeing and Creative Practice as Research.<br/><br/>**For more information and to apply for the Performing Arts programme, please visit the subject page via www.glos.ac.uk/Research**