Drama, Theatre and Performance Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

Our Drama, Theatre and Performance degree gives you the opportunity to create, perform in, and examine a broad and inspiring range of innovative theatre and performance practices from across a variety of styles, aesthetics, and cultures.

Led by experts in theatre and performance research, professional performers, theatre makers, and industry specialists with national and international connections, this course will help prepare you for a choice of careers whether in drama/theatre, the wider arts and cultural industries, or beyond.

You can develop an understanding of theatre and performance by exploring it through a variety of current and global perspectives, including different cultures, histories, politics, and aesthetics. At the same time as studying the subject, you can learn and progressively employ a range of creative skills and performance practices, all the way from devising, dramaturgy, and ensemble work, to specialised acting technique both for stage and screen. Throughout the course you may encounter plays and other performance texts, thinking about their journey from page-to-stage from dramaturgical/directorial perspectives, and you may also experiment with more contemporary approaches to theatre making including embodied performance responses, visual expression, and post-dramatic practices. Whether you wish to study the discipline, create work of your own, or engage with acting skills and performance technique, you will have the opportunity to navigate your own journey through the programme, develop your own artistic practice, and choose to focus on what is of greatest interest to you.

As part of your studies, you may also choose to study abroad through one of our many international schemes, or take up a placement in a professional setting, working alongside a theatre company, arts organisation, school or other education setting.