Storytelling is part of every culture and reveals much about a person’s lived experience, values and aspirations within a given time, whether presented as drama or prose on a page.
Theatre and English BA will help you to become a critical and creative communicator equipped for a variety of creative roles as you discover the richness of theatre making and literature side by side, developing as a creative along the way.
The theatrical side of your course will teach you specialist skills in a range of performance genres like physical, musical and digital theatre.
A blended approach to learning means you’ll have a mix of practical classes in acting, writing and ensemble production, together with more theoretically focussed content, with plenty of opportunities for collaboration.
You’ll learn theatre in Brunel’s purpose-built Antonin Artaud Performance Centre (AA), which is rather like being in drama school with its main theatre, two studio spaces, rehearsal rooms and recording studios.
AA facilities regularly host Arts@Artaud nights showcasing new music, film, creative writing and drama presented by Brunel students.
The English half of your course commences with a module on ‘Reading Resilience’ to help prepare you with the necessary skills for literary studies.
In years two and three a wealth of optional modules await you covering a variety of periods and genres from Shakespeare to Jane Austen, to contemporary and genre fiction.
Established links with the creative industries offer plenty of opportunities to hear from guest speakers and alumni on campus. Off campus, Brunel’s easy access to central London helps to facilitate regular class trips to explore theatre and culture.
Uniquely for a theatre degree, the option of a work placement year is an unmissable opportunity to find out where your interests lie and to increase your attractiveness to future employers.
Students from the course have completed placements in a variety of organisations including the London’s Park Theatre, Rose Wisksteed Casting, Unicorn Theatre and Icarus Theatre Company.
Course Details - Modules
Year 1
Core Modules
Reading Resilience
Perspectives 1: Introduction to Theatre Studies
World Literature, World Literacies
Creative Reading Portfolio
Ensemble Production
Optional Modules
Acting: Essential Skills
Applied Drama Practice 1: An Introduction
Physical Theatre 1: Between Dance and Theatre
Theatre Making 1
Digital Performance 1
Musical Theatre 1
Year 2
Core Modules
Perspectives
Optional Modules
Writing 2: Experiments in Language for Performance
Physical Theatre 2: Performance and Embodiment
Acting Beyond Naturalism
Digital Performance 2
Musical Theatre 2: Histories, Practices and Theories
The Nineteenth-Century Novel
Shakespeare: Text and Performance
Modernism
Romanticism and Revolution
The Women’s Movement: 20th Century and Contemporary Writing
Contemporary British and Irish Fiction
Genre Fiction
Theatre Making 2
Applied Drama 2: Project
Performance as Research: Second Year Production Module
Post-Colonial Writing
Year 3
Core Modules
Final Production (Practical)
Written Dissertation
Project
English Project
Written Dissertation Single
Optional Modules
Perspectives 3: Battling with Ideas
Professional Experience and Development
Advanced Physical Theatre 3
Psychogeography
Advanced Musical Theatre 3
Post War and Late 20th Century Literature 1945-2001
Victorian Literature and Culture
Jane Austen and Her Novels
Writing Ireland
The Creative Industries
Violence
Psychogeography
Advanced Acting
The Canon Re-loaded
New Writing: Page to Stage
Chaucer to Shakespeare
Creative Industries and Labour Practices
Digital Performance and Technology 3
Modern and Contemporary Lesbian Literature
Writing Poetry for Performance
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
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:
WQ43
Institution code:
B84
Campus Name:
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Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
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
in any subject and A-level grade B.
in any subject with A Level grade B.
in any subject.
in any subject.
in any subject with A levels grade BC.
in any subject with A levels grade BC.
Obtain a minimum of 112 UCAS tariff points in an Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3.
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Minimum Qualification Requirements
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)
6.5
with no less than 5.5 in each subsection
Institution's Own Test
with no less than 55% in each subsection
TOEFL (iBT)
92.0
with a minimum of:
Reading - 18
Listening - 17
Speaking - 20
Writing - 17
PTE Academic
58.0
with a minimum of 51 in all subscores
Brunel University London - English Language Requirements
