Course Summary

This degree will help you become a resourceful and well-informed performer, theatre-maker, administrator or teacher in the musical theatre industry. - You won't just learn about how to be a performer. Instead, you'll have the chance to pick up a whole range of skills including devising and writing plays, directing, and creating your own musical revues or cabarets. - Our position in London means access to the enormous range of musicals produced at venues from the English National Opera to the tiny King’s Head Theatre. - You'll be regularly taught by both visiting theatre professionals and core teaching staff, who are either artists or scholars of distinction in the field.

Course Details - Modules

Year 1 - In the first year you study the following compulsory modules: Musical Theatre: Dramaturgy A Musical Theatre: Dramaturgy B Introduction to Music Singing and Music Theory Introduction to Movement and Dance Performance Praxis 1 A: Action Performance Praxis 1 B: Acting: Voice and Text Musical Theatre-making 1 Year 2 - In the second year you study the following compulsory modules: Elements of Theatre History A: The Modern American Musical Elements of Theatre History B: Post-war British Musical Theatre Performance Praxis 2A: Acting and the Song Performance Praxis 2B: Dance and Musical Staging Musical Theatre-making 2 Year 3 - In the final year you study the following compulsory modules: Culture and Performance A Culture and Performance B: Musical Theatre in a Multicultural Society Performance Praxis 3: Working in the Industry Musical Theatre-making 3: Collaborative Project Devising Project: the Professional Showcase Please note that due to staff research commitments not all of these modules may be available every year.

Course Details – Assessment Method

You’ll be assessed through a variety of performances, production processes, essays, group projects, dissertation and timed examinations.

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: G56

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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)

120 credits at Level 4 and a 2:1 average in a comparable programme, and meet the standard qualification requirements for entry to Year 1 of the programme.

International applicants

Standard Qualification Requirements

Pass with 45 Level 3 credits including 30 Distinctions and a number of merits/passes in subject specific modules

With three Higher Level subjects at 655


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Minimum Qualification Requirements

Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

English language requirements

Test Grade AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic) 6.0 With a 6.0 in writing
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Unistats information

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Fees and funding

Additional Fee Information

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Provider information

New Cross
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Lewisham
SE14 6NW

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