Drama, Acting and Performance BA (Hons)

Studying BA(Hons) Drama, Acting and Performance at UWE Bristol teaches you about contemporary production contexts, actor training techniques, and builds your confidence to communicate effectively across stage, screen, and emerging technologies. You’ll be taught by highly skilled lecturers and technicians who have experience of acting, directing, research, writing, and working with technology to produce live and recorded drama. <br/><br/>You’ll learn in our theatre, a black box studio, classrooms, and our creative arts library. As a School of Arts student, you’ll have access to rehearsal spaces, filmmaking kit, editing suites, and voice recording booths. <br/><br/>You’ll collaborate with students from filmmaking, animation, and media production, as well as artistic, charitable, educational, and community groups. Working with a wide range of people makes you adaptable, entrepreneurial, and career ready. <br/><br/>You’ll take into your career an informed creative practice that is ethical, inclusive, and sustainable. <br/><br/>Bristol, a diverse and creative city, is home to renowned theatres and production companies, offering you inspiration, and future opportunities: locally, nationally, and internationally.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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 90% of students find work or further study just 15 months after graduating (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2021/22, published 2024).<br/><br/>You'll also be studying in one of Time Out’s world’s top 50 cities (2025). With famous festivals, renowned galleries, lively nightclubs and independent restaurants right on your doorstep, you're guaranteed an incredible student experience in Bristol.<br/><br/>Start your Clearing journey with UWE Bristol today!