BA (Hons) Drama and Creative Writing at University of East Anglia

Programme overview

Combine performance and storytelling to create powerful, imaginative work that engages audiences and readers. Develop your creative voice while exploring how text and performance interact, all within vibrant Norwich. Explore acting, theatre-making, and innovative playwrights alongside creative writing for stage and screen.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Department: School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing | Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years full-time with year abroad; 4 years full-time with placement year | Study mode: full-time (year abroad available) (placement year available) | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Norwich, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Your first year sets up a conversation between writing, doing, and thinking that continues throughout your degree. Compulsory modules by year: Year 1: Working in the Theatre 1: Introduction to Technical Theatre, The Actor's Craft, Creative Writing: Beginnings, Global Theatres, Collaborative Theatre-making, Creative Writing: Experiments in Genre. Year 2: Applied Drama and Creative Industries.

Career pathways

With BA Drama and Creative Writing, you could launch a career as a: Screenwriter: Create scripts and original stories for film and television Playwright: Develop new dramatic work for performance, from initial idea through to production Script editor: Work with writers and production teams to shape and refine scripts for stage or screen Casting director: Identify and select performers for theatre, film and television productions Theatre-maker: Lead your own theatre company, programming work and steering its creative and strategic direction

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Entry requirements

A levels AAB Contextual offer: BBB BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma: DDD Contextual offer: DDM BTEC in Public Services, Uniformed Services and Business Administration are all excluded from our BTEC offers. Combinations of BTEC and A levels Diploma: DD plus B at A level. Contextual offer: DD plus C at A level. Extended Certificate: D plus AB at A level. Contextual offer: D plus BB at A level. Access to HE Diploma Access to Humanities and Social Sciences Pathway. Pass Access to HE Diploma with Distinction in 36 credits at Level 3 and Merit in 9 credits at Level 3. Contextual offer: Access to Humanities and Social Sciences Pathway. Pass the Access to HE Diploma with Merit in 30 credits at Level 3... All applicants must hold or be working towards GCSEs in English Language and Mathematics at minimum grade C or grade 4. Candidates who are shortlisted will be asked to provide a sample of their creative writing: we ask for around 5-7 pages of work, which can be on any subject and in any genre of the candidate's choice. Most choose to send poetry, prose, or a mixture of the two. English language: IELTS: 6.0 overall (minimum 5.5 in all components).

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,050 a year (2027/28). Full-time annual tuition fee Source

International applicants: GBP 24,250 a year (2027/28). Full-time annual tuition fee Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years full-time with year abroad; 4 years full-time with placement year

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