Drama and Theatre Studies

Course summary

Drama and Theatre Studies is a fascinating and challenging subject that demands a creative, analytical, and personal response from students. The course contains both practical and written elements. The course allows you to develop a knowledge and understanding of the social and cultural contexts of Drama through detailed study of dramatic texts. You will learn about dramatic styles, theatrical methods, and drama practitioners, undertake practical work, and acquire a range of performance skills. Students of Drama and Theatre develop skills that are not just essential for drama but applicable to a wide range of higher education subjects and in the workplace. This subject refines students' collaborative skills, their analytical thinking, and their approach to research. Students grow in confidence and maturity as they successfully realize their own ideas. Drama and Theatre Studies is an academically rigorous subject. Students who are interested in new concepts and ideas, and are creative, reflective, and analytical will enjoy this subject. Students who study this subject emerge with a toolkit of transferable skills preparing them for their next steps. Previous students who have studied Drama and Theatre Studies with us have gone on to study Law, Advertising, Teaching, Performance, Production Work in Theatre, Arts and Humanities, Languages, etc. at some of the top universities in the country.