BA (Hons)Drama & Performance
Study location | United Kingdom, Worcester |
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Type | Bachelor courses, full-time |
Nominal duration | 3 years |
Study language | English |
Awards | BA (Hons) |
Course code | W400 |
Tuition fee | To be confirmed |
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Entry qualification | High school / secondary education (or higher) The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take verified copies of the entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. |
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Language requirements | English IELTS: 6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) Secondary school exam result can be accepted for the following countries: |
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Other requirements | At least 1 reference(s) must be provided. A motivation letter must be added to your application. A relevant portfolio is required. Applicants are invited to attend a workshop day with the Drama Department. This workshop allows us to get to know you better and you to get to know us better. This more in depth meeting can enable us to make a lower offer to appropriate students. |
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Overview
Whether your ambitions are on stage or backstage, drama at Worcester is all about the productions. You learn theory through practice – in a wide range of venues, including our own drama studio, Tramps nightclub, Worcester Arts Workshop, local and regional pubs, and gardens. You’ll also have a work placement with a theatre, school or production company.
As well as devising your own work and studying and staging existing plays, you’ll also cover the technical and practical side of the theatre experience. How to rig a light, for example. Furthermore, your wider study of the subject can prepare you for a wide range of careers, such as theatre in education, directing, writing or teaching.
Career opportunities
There are excellent career opportunities for our graduates. These are both in drama-related areas, such as theatre, education, and the media, and in a wide range of other fields of employment made accessible through skills learned on the course in presentation, performance, critical thinking and writing.
A proportion of our students always progress to postgraduate study to gain higher academic or professional qualifications. Former students often set up their own businesses, for example as small scale touring theatre companies or drama education providers.
Past students are now working as actors, producers, stage managers and directors for employers across the areas of theatre, TV, radio and film. Teaching and lecturing are very popular career choices for our graduates, as are arts administration and marketing.
We are currently NOT ACCEPTING applications from NON-EU countries, except Georgia and Serbia.
We are currently NOT ACCEPTING applications from NON-EU countries, except Georgia and Serbia.