IELTS: 6.5 (min 5.5 in all areas)
Pearson: 59 (59 in all subscores)
BrunELT: 63% (min 55% in all areas)
TOEFL: 90 (min R18, L17, S20, W17)
If you have a passion for theatre and would like to learn how to bring your ideas to life on stage, Brunel’s Theatre course will equip you with specialist skills in a range of performance genres while you grow your knowledge of theatre history and theory.
Blended learning is a feature of the course which includes a mix of theatre making practical classes together with theoretically focussed content to help inform your artistic choices.
Alongside developing your analytical and study skills, you’ll discover ways of expressing yourself and building your confidence along the way.
The course has compulsory modules and numerous optional modules that you can choose from within the Theatre degree. You can opt for a wide selection of modules on the main degree or focus your studies through a specialised degree pathway in Acting, Musical Theatre or Physical Theatre.
Please click below for more information on modules offered throughout the course for each pathway.
Theatre BA pathway module table
You will be supported by a personal tutor who is also your academic seminar tutor and you will be taught by staff who are cutting edge academics and industry specialists. You’ll learn in our Antonin Artaud Performance Centre which includes a main theatre and two studio theatres, in addition to a suite of rehearsal and recording studios.
As we’re close to central London, we regularly organise trips to see productions at places such as the Barbican, the National Theatre, the Royal Court, and Sadler’s Wells and participate in workshops with ground-breaking theatre companies all as part of your course.
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Year 1
Compulsory
DR1601 Acting 1: Essential Skills
DR1604: Ensemble Production
DR1607 Applied Drama Practice 1: An Introduction
DR1612 Physical Theatre 1: Between Dance and Theatre
DR1613 Musical Theatre 1
DR1615 Perspectives 1: Between Dance and Theatre
DR1616 Theatre Making 1
DR1617 Digital & Technical Theatre 1
Year 2
Compulsory
DR2608 Perspectives 2
Optional
DR2601 Acting 2: Beyond Naturalism
DR2616 Acting as a Critical Practice
DR2612 Musical Theatre 2: Histories, Practices and Theories
DR2617 Musical Theatre: Critical Developments
DR2614 Physical Theatre 2: Performance and Embodiment
DR2618 Physical Performer Training: Critical Developments
DR2613 Writing 2: Experiments in Language for Performance
DR2614 Physical Theatre 2: Performance and Embodiment
DR2601 Acting 2: Beyond Naturalism
DR2602 Applied Drama 2: Project
DR2607 Digital Performance 2
DR2612 Musical Theatre 2: Histories, Practices and Theories
DR2619 Theatre Making 2
Year 3
Compulsory
DR3614 Final Production
DR3608 Written Dissertation
Optional
AH3600 - Psychogeography
DR3617 Advanced Physical Theatre 3
DR3601 Perspectives 3: Battling with Ideas
DR3612 Advanced Musical Theatre 3
DR3618 Advanced Acting 3
DR3619 Digital Performance and Technology 3
DR3620 Anti-Racism and Performance
EN3619 - Chaucer to Shakespeare
EN3617 - Violence
EN3022 - Victorian Literature and Culture
EN3605 - Modern and Contemporary Lesbian Literature
EN3612 - Performance Poetry
FM3010 - Horror
FM3007 - Gender and Sexuality
A Theatre degree will help prepare you to become an adaptable, critically driven, creative player in an ever- shifting economic climate. We not only encourage our students to be versatile creative artists but critically thinking citizens who are resilient in the world of work.
There are options for a short or a year-long work placement to develop your professional profile while on the course. To find the industry placement that’s right for you, you will be supported throughout the process.
While some graduates go on to work in the creative industries such as actor Damson Idris (2013), deputy stage manager of Shakespeare’s Globe Alannagh Cook (2015) and Les Enfant Terribles’ Assistant Producer Fiona Porritt (2015), other graduates enter the marketing sector, the education or applied drama sector, and some students pursue opportunities in postgraduate study and training. The options are varied and exciting – we’re looking forward to supporting you on your journey. Click here to read about inspirational alumni students in Theatre.
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
