Musical Theatre

Course Summary

Combining training in acting, singing and dance, this practice-led degree will empower you for a career in musical theatre. You’ll develop performance skills in all three areas while engaging with traditional, current and future forms, including digital technologies. You’ll grow your abilities through technique classes, exercises, scene work, and project rehearsals of classic and contemporary musicals. Dance and singing sessions will sit alongside individual tutorials, professional development workshops and public performances, helping you to become a highly versatile and industry-ready artist. You will: Study within AMATA’s creative and dynamic performing arts community, where actors, musicians, dancers and technicians work and play in a dedicated facility, which is also a professional performance venue. Access state-of-the-art facilities, including extensive sprung-floor dance studios, practice rooms, recording studios, and technical and music resources. Benefit from AMATA’s year-round performance programme, which attracts top artists and performers. Work with highly skilled and experienced staff, many of them conservatoire trained, with expert knowledge of the performing arts industry.

Course Details - Modules

As part of this vibrant musical theatre course, you’ll learn acting skills, develop your voice and singing range, and advance your dance techniques in ballet, jazz and tap. Growing your knowledge and understanding of the genre, you’ll engage with and reflect critically on all aspects of it, together with an awareness of emerging forms. You’ll extend your personal repertoire in singing and dance, learn to perform confidently in live theatre and explore digital technologies. Professional development workshops will enable you to focus on strategies for future employability, developing your personal profile and potential. Year one: You’ll build core skills in all physical disciplines – focusing on body, voice and acting – while learning the histories and contexts of performance and the development of musical theatre. We’ll then concentrate on specific techniques and skills for voice, singing and dance, alongside character development and text analysis. Modules Preparation for Performance: Body, Voice & Wellbeing Contexts and Histories of Musical Theatre Acting 1: Storytelling, Character and Improvisation Dance & Movement 1: Core Skills Voice & Singing 1: Core Skills Acting 2: Naturalism in Rehearsal and Performance Year two: Developing your vocal practice, you’ll study techniques for both the spoken and sung voice. You’ll also learn ballet, tap, jazz and core dance skills, before integrating them into your first musical theatre project. Finally, you’ll engage in professional preparation and repertoire in dance and singing and learn to act for recorded media and digital technologies in musical theatre. Modules Dance & Movement 2: Developing Techniques Voice & Singing 2: Developing Techniques Integrated Skills 1: Musical Theatre Project Dance & the Actor: Professional Preparation & Repertoire Voice & the Actor: Professional Preparation & Repertoire Professional Development: Contemporary Industry Practice Year three: Focusing on examples of industry practice, you’ll work on pieces from established shows and gather audition material. You’ll undertake a portfolio or dissertation engaging with emerging practice in musical theatre and learn from a series of guest industry practitioners. Towards the end of the year you’ll put on a final musical theatre production and have the chance to create a digital showcase. Modules Professional Development 2: Advanced Practice Professional Development 3: Musical Theatre Futures Integrated Skills 2: Musical Theatre Performance The modules above are those being studied by our students, or proposed new ones. Programme structures and modules can change as part of our curriculum enhancement and review processes. If a certain module is important to you, please discuss it with the Course Leader

Course Details – Assessment Method

You’ll be assessed through a combination of written coursework, practical coursework and practical performance assessments. Alongside this, you’ll get constant formative feedback from tutors in class, together with formal verbal and some written feedback after assessments.

Course Details – Professional Bodies

Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.

How to Apply

26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application Codes

Course code: W312

Institution code: F33

Campus Name: Penryn Campus

Campus code:

Points of Entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Year 2

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

International applicants

Standard Qualification Requirements

We welcome A Levels in a wide range of subjects, especially in those relevant to the course for which you apply.

A typical offer is between 104 and 120 UCAS points, primarily from Level 3 equivalent qualifications, such as A levels, a BTEC Extended Diploma or a Foundation Diploma, or current, relevant experience. Grade 4 (or C) or above in GCSE English Language, or equivalent, is a minimum language requirement for all applicants. Due to the creative nature of our courses, you will be considered on your own individual merit and potential to succeed on your chosen course. Please contact the Applicant Services team for advice if you are predicted UCAS points below this range, or if you have questions about the qualifications or experience you have.