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MA Theatre and Performance

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    1 year full time, 2 years part time

Course Description

MA Theatre and Performance supports postgraduate research and practice in experimental theatre, socially engaged performance, live art, relational and participatory arts, and activism. Students will be enabled to understand, challenge and make theatre and performance as technologies for intervening in the most pressing issues of our time: of gender, sexual, racial or class identity; protest, activism and direct action; and change towards climate and social justice.   A key benefit of the programme is its flexibility: across compulsory and optional modules, you can develop your interests in both theoretical and practical projects to advance your career.

Why this programme

  • Work with a world leading team of academics and theatre practitioners
  • Study subjects such as acting and embodiment, post-dramatic theatre, art as activism and cultural politics
  • Expand your knowledge & practice with our reimagined modules ‘Culture, Ethics, Politics’, ‘Body, Action, Documentation’ & ‘Performance, Activism, Social Justice’
  • Choose from a practical or written dissertation
  • Undertake practice-based research in theatre and performance

Entry Requirements

A 2:1 or above at undergraduate level in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, English, History of Art, Fine Art or a related subject .

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Fees

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Programme Funding

There are a number of ways you can fund your postgraduate degree.

  • Scholarships and bursaries
  • Postgraduate loans (UK students)
  • Country-specific scholarships for international students

Student Destinations

We train scholar-artists who can pursue a wide range of careers: we prepare you for research degrees in theatre and performance, help you to develop your own work as an artist or prepare you for a role in the cultural and creative industries, or in a range of other creative professions.

Past students have gone on to roles such as digital marketing officer, freelance director’s assistant and associate lecturer.

Graduates of this course have gone on to work at companies such as:

  • Live Art Development Agency
  • London Metropolitan University
  • The National Student Drama Festival
  • Slaughter and May
  • The Sugarman Group
  • University of the Arts London (UAL)

Module Details

  • Four assessed modules
  • A 12,000-15,000-word dissertation or practice-based dissertation

Compulsory/Core modules

  • Dissertation
  • Culture, Ethics, Politics
  • Body, Action, Documentation
  • Performance, Activism, Social Justice
  • Practise-Based Dissertation

Elective modules

  • Text, Self, Performance
  • Theatre and Performance: Specialist Topic

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