Drama, Acting and Performance

Gain valuable experience in actor training techniques for stage and screen, write and devise performance projects, and learn about the contexts of production to prepare you for a range of careers in the creative industries.

Why study this course?
Performance is a part of our everyday lives, from live theatre and cinema, to television, radio, and digital storytelling.

Studying BA(Hons) Drama, Acting and Performance at UWE Bristol enables you to understand the production contexts, learn actor training techniques, and build confidence to communicate effectively across a range of formats.

Performance is a significant contributor to the global economy, and enriches audiences with culture, entertainment, education, and information. It needs creative thinkers to become the makers of the future.

This creative course is ideal for you if you're passionate about making compelling drama.

Why UWE Bristol?
As a BA(Hons) Drama, Acting and Performance student at UWE Bristol, you'll learn through practice-based creative projects that respond to Bristol's social, historical, and geographical landscapes, as well as global contexts.

Bristol, a diverse and creative city, is home to renowned theatres and production companies, offering you inspiration, and future opportunities: locally, nationally, and internationally.

You'll collaborate with students from the School of Arts, as well as artistic, charitable, educational, and community groups. Working with a variety of people makes you adaptable, entrepreneurial and career ready.

Where can it take me?
You'll gain industry-relevant skills, preparing you for a variety of careers. You may also pursue further study (PGCE, MA, PhD) in related subjects at university or drama school.

You'll apply your performance knowledge to social, cultural, and political contexts, gaining the confidence to experiment with narrative devices to communicate ideas across different media.

You'll take into your career an informed creative practice that is ethical, inclusive, and sustainable.

Your degree provides you with a solid foundation for a career in the creative industries, including roles such as performers, writers, devisers, directors, producers, educators, administrators, managers, and technicians.

University is a time to try new things, meet new people and make new goals. With Clearing at UWE Bristol, you'll get the chance to take control of your future and choose an exciting path for yourself.

UWE Bristol offers over 100 professionally accredited courses, including Architecture, Accounting and Finance, Games Technology, Mathematics and Sport Rehabilitation. Whether you're studying an arts, business, healthcare or science degree, all undergraduate courses are designed with employability in mind. You can work a year in industry, study across the world, and get one-to-one careers advice on campus. It's no wonder an outstanding 89% of students find work or further study just 15 months after graduating (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2022/23, published 2025).

You'll also be studying in a top 10 most popular city in the UK (YouGov, 2026). With famous festivals, renowned galleries, lively nightclubs and independent restaurants right on your doorstep, you're guaranteed an incredible student experience in Bristol. With famous festivals, renowned galleries, lively nightclubs and independent restaurants right on your doorstep, you're guaranteed an incredible student experience in Bristol.

Your Future, Right Here. Study at UWE Bristol. Choose to do Clearing right.