BA (Hons) Drama, Theatre and Performing Arts at University of Kent

Drama, Theatre and Performing Arts develops students' individual voice and skills in creative expression through performance. Topics include acting, community theatre, musical theatre, puppetry, dance, stand-up comedy and alternative cabaret, and the programme can be tailored to interests such as directing, writing, producing, choreography or set design.

Duration: 3 years full-time (4 with a year abroad or in industry)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Study mode: full-time (Canterbury)  |  Location: Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Stage 1 compulsory modules include Making Performance 2: Staging Texts and Popular Performance and Citizenship. Stage 2 includes Creative Careers, with options such as Introduction to Musical Theatre Dance, Disability and the Arts and Writing for Performance. Stage 3 includes a Dissertation, with options such as Physical Theatre, Directing Theatre, Stand-up Comedy and Psychology of the Arts.

Career pathways

Students go on to careers in acting, performance, comedy and arts leadership, as well as journalism, the media and education. Many graduates have set up theatre and performance companies such as Little Bulb, Half a String, The Noise Next Door and Moonbeam Theatre, and others have worked for the Bush Theatre, the Barbican, Birmingham Hippodrome and the Marlowe Theatre.

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