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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Main Site
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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
English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.
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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