MA PG Dip PG Cert Drama

Applicants will normally hold a 1st or 2:1 honours degree in drama and theatre studies or a related subject. Where applicants are not progressing directly from a degree, professional experience and expertise will be taken into account.

Applicants will be required to attend an interview.

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Graduates of the MA reflect the range of potential interests within the wide field of performance, having included performance artists, digital artists, directors interested in devised or scripted work (including classical revivals), installation artists, physical theatre practitioners, workshop leaders, theatre in education actor/teachers and film actors interested in developing live performance.

Programme Structure:

The course is structured to allow for a student-centred approach. The theoretical modules Research Methods and Frameworks and Practices introduce candidates to research methodologies and the range of conceptual frameworks that will inform, support and contextualise their subsequent research interests. Frameworks and Practices is largely studio based, allowing the link between theory and practice to be practical, hands on and specific. Later in the course the module Research Report gives candidates the opportunity to reflect on their own journey as a practitioner and their relationship to contemporary practice.

The other modules on the course are practice based. Performance Practice 1, Performance Practice 2 (a double module) and the final, substantial Practical Project (a triple module) require the production of theoretically driven and informed pieces of performance. For each the candidate submits a proposal from which a project is negotiated with tutors. There is an option for the final practical project to be replaced by a substantial Dissertation.