Drama and Theatre Arts

UCAS code: W440

Here's what Goldsmiths, University of London says about its Drama and Theatre Arts course.

Why study BA Drama & Theatre Arts at Goldsmiths

The BA Drama and Theatre Arts is designed to foster creative, radical theatre-makers and thinkers. It is adventurous in form, international in scope and hands-on in practice.

• The BA Drama and Theatre Arts is a radical and innovative degree. We prepare theatre-makers who are socially, culturally, and politically engaged.

• Tutored by our diverse and talented team, you will develop practical skills in acting, directing, dramaturgy, scenography and production management. Bringing these skills together, you will learn how to collaborate and operate in companies, ready to take your own show on the road.

• A balanced integration of theory and practice supports you to become the complete theatre maker. Knowledge gained through making and doing adds to your conceptual understanding, while the insights gained in writing about theatre and society inform the choices you make in your practice-based work.

• The degree explores what it means to perform in contemporary culture, mobilising a range of theatre and performance practices from the interpretation of play texts to devised ensemble work and the possibilities opened up by political protest, live art, and the avant-garde.

• The curriculum is responsive to the global reach of our teaching staff, including expertise in African, American, Francophone, Japanese, and South Asian performance, as well as British, European, and Russian theatre traditions.

• You will be introduced to a wide range of theatre thinkers, and explore the history and cultural diversity of performance. You will develop a complex understanding of what it means to make theatre in an increasingly global and digitised 21st-century society. And with London’s rich theatre culture on your doorstep, you can draw on an exciting range of contemporary practice to inform your thinking and making.

• Students on this programme typically develop into bold and versatile creatives. They are practically adept and imaginative, critically agile, able to form companies and to manage the business of production. Our bespoke Personal and Professional Development Package events series combines career support with taught elements, and enrichment opportunities and introduces you to our dynamic alumni network.

Year 1 In your first year, you'll take the following compulsory modules: Ideas in Practice Creative-Critical Project Introduction to Dramaturgy Scenography Theatre Making 1 The Ensemble Space/Place/Performance

Year 2 In your second year, you'll study these compulsory modules: Questions of Performance Modernisms and Postmodernity A Theatre Making 2 Modernisms and Postmodernity B Workshop Facilitation: Theory and Practice

You will also choose one of the following modules: Global Theatre Histories or The Goldsmiths Elective

Year 3 In your final year, you'll take the following compulsory modules: Theatre Making 3: Laboratory – Text and Performance Theatre Making 3: Projects Independent Research Project Research Methodologies

You will also choose two Performing Culture modules: Performing Culture: Theatre as a Learning Medium Performing Culture: Modern Black, British and American Drama Performing Culture: Ecological Theatre Performing Culture: Culture and its Doubles

Please note that due to staff research commitments not all of these modules may be available every year.