Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies
UCAS Code: W440
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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2017 BTEC(QCF) Extended Diploma possible grades - DMM Access - 24 Merits D18M24P3
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About this course
This exciting Drama, Theatre and Performance degree offers an approach to thinking about and creating theatre and performance. With a location so close to one of the most well-known and respected performance cities, staff that are passionate about, and experts in their field, and a curriculum of exciting and varied modules, you are sure to develop your love and knowledge of performance at Roehampton.
Through performance studies of both historical and contemporary practices, you will develop creative, practical and critical skills. This course gives you the opportunity to put your ideas into practice through regular opportunities to perform, create and devise work. Studying Drama, Theatre and Performance will open your eyes to a wide range of career possibilities in the cultural sector and allow you to engage with leading arts industry professionals.
To enrich your learning, visits to a range of performances, exhibitions and other cultural events will be integral to your studies, with nothing extra to pay. These range from some of London’s best shows, to thought-provoking local productions.
We also offer regular events, career development activities and workshop/seminar sessions by visiting artists and scholars, hosted by the Centre for Performance & Creative Exchange, the main forum for our lively research culture and the base for over 40 artists and researchers following our MA/MRes and MPhil/PhD courses.
During your three years with us you will be taught by staff that are passionate about their field, and who have a diverse range of research interests. Staff on the programme were judged as conducting research that is "world-leading" and "internationally excellent" in the most recent national Research Assessment Exercise.
Modules
Year 1
Compulsory modules (single honours)
Encountering Theatre: Performances in a Global Context
Theatre Workshop 1
Writing In Performance
Performance and History: Diversifying the Canon
Theatre Workshop 2
Production Project 1
Compulsory modules (combined honours)
Encountering Theatre: Performances in a Global Context
Performance and History: Diversifying the Canon
Production Project 1
Year 2
Compulsory Modules (single honours)
Critical Frameworks
Engaging Performance
Compulsory Modules (single and combined honours)
Production Project 2
Optional Modules
Students then take one module (20 credits) from each of the following groups:
Advanced Theatre Workshop
Advanced Theatre Workshop: Acting
Advanced Theatre Workshop: Directing
Advanced Theatre Workshop: Design
Theatre Investigations
Theatre Investigations: Genres and Cultures
Theatre Investigations: Diverse Identities
Theatre Investigations: Histories and Geographies
Year 3
Compulsory module (single and combined honours)
Work Placement
Optional modules
Single honours students take at least 40 credits from each group. Combined honours students take at least 20 credits from each group.
Contemporary Issues in Performance
Acting for Activists
Archival Encounters
Experiments in Performance and Failure
Theatre and the World
Performance, Gender and Sexuality
The Theatre Image
Performance, Leisure and Tourism
Drama of the '60s Counter-culture
Race Writes Representation
Shakespeare and Contemporary Performance
Theatre Criticism
Special Topic
Independent Learning
Dissertation
Production Project 3 (Group or Solo)
Production Project 3 (Group or Solo)
Playwriting
Compulsory and Required modules
Compulsory and/or required modules may change when we review and update programmes. Above is a list of modules offered this academic year.
Optional modules
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What do graduate employment figures really tell you?Drama is a very popular degree subject — in 2015, over 5,000 degrees were awarded to UK graduates. With so many graduates around, jobs in acting are very sought-after and often gained through personal contacts, or through your careers service so be prepared to practise your people skills and to make full use of your university facilities. But there are lots of roles in the arts for drama graduates, in direction, production, audio-visual, set and clothing design and PR. The skills taught by drama courses can be useful elsewhere — a lot of the economy can use people who can perform and present in front of others, and so drama graduates can be found in teaching, management, advertising, project and events organisation and community work. Be aware that freelancing and self-employment is common, as are what is termed 'portfolio careers' — having several part-time jobs or commissions at once — one in ten drama graduates last year had more than one job on the go at once after six months. And starting salaries are not the best - but nevertheless the large majority of drama graduates going into acting still felt that it was just the job for them regardless of pay.
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