We are a dynamic and creative Drama department housed in an extremely well-resourced building. This allows us to develop and investigate practice in ideal conditions.

The programme aims to develop an understanding of performance skills alongside a critical and imaginative engagement with the social, historical and cultural contexts of theatre. Interest and involvement in contemporary theatre are central. The programme encourages this both as a subject of research and as a practical experience through performance and community-based activities. The studio-based work also equips you with abilities to communicate effectively, to pursue creative analysis and to initiate and organise complex individual and group projects.

You will be taught by staff that are actively engaged in research and whose interests include areas such as the theory and practice of actor-training, non-western performance, twentieth-century theatre practitioners, dramaturgy and playwriting, new media, live art, site-specific performance, gender and performance, Shakespeare, music theatre, voice training, arts management, theatre and religion and the politics of culture.