BA Theatre and Performance Studies at University of Bristol

Programme overview

The Theatre and Performance Studies course builds your understanding and practical skills by exploring critical and historical frameworks alongside practical workshops, performance opportunities, and production-based tasks. There are opportunities to engage with professional theatre-makers and our museum-accredited archive, the Theatre Collection, to develop your range of critical and practical skills while diversifying your awareness of potential future careers. In your first year, you will learn how to analyse performance while developing practical skills in a range of performance practices, including staging play texts, developing workshops and engaging in production work for the theatre.

Career pathways

Our students develop excellent transferable skills and pursue careers in diverse fields. As well as careers in theatre and the wider creative industries, our graduates go into education, business, media, government, and medicine.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A-level standard offer: AAB. A-level contextual offer: BBB. BTEC: DDD in any Applied General. IB Diploma: 34 points overall with 17 at Higher Level. Scottish Highers/Advanced Highers: Advanced Higher: AB, and Higher: AAABB. GCSE: No specific subjects required. English language: IELTS 7.0 overall with 7.0 in writing and 6.5 in all other skills (or equivalent). Apply through UCAS (course code 2Q3W).

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,050 a year (2027/28). First-year tuition fee for 2027 entry; subject to annual review. Source

International applicants: GBP 32,500 a year (2027/28). First-year tuition fee for 2027 entry; subject to annual review. Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 3 years full-time

Apply through the official page: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/apply/

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