Theatre and Performance
Entry requirements
GCSE/National 4/National 5
GCSE English Language at Grade C or above (Grade 4 for those sitting their GCSE from 2017 onwards) or equivalent. Key Skills Level 2, Functional Skills Level 2 and the Certificate in Adult Literacy are accepted in place of GCSEs.
UCAS Tariff
A minimum of 72 from two A Levels or equivalent, excluding General Studies
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About this course
**Nurture your passion for performance, whether you want to produce work for theatre, screen, festivals or live art.**
Create exciting, innovative and cutting-edge theatre and performance.
As part of your course you’ll:
- Learn from a team of experienced and professional theatre and performance makers to produce exciting work for stage, galleries and festivals
- Gain real-world professional experience through public showings and work-based learning placements
- Explore theories of theatre and performance from researchers at the top of their field
- Become confident with the processes of making, performing and analysing theatre and performance, which will help you find employment within the creative industries
**Find out more**
You’ll be engaged in practical events in the city in theatres, galleries and more unusual sites. Our performing arts students and staff have also performed their work together at Latitude, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Light Night here in Leeds.
**Expert teaching**
Learn from a team of experienced and professional theatre and performance makers to produce exciting work for stage, galleries and festivals.
**Why study Theatre and Performance at Leeds Beckett University...**
- Gain real-world professional experience through public showings and work-based learning placements
- Taught by a team of experienced and professional theatre and performance makers
- Access to workshops and guest lectures delivered by external artists at the top of their field
- Access to an industry standard theatre, performance studios and a host of other performing arts facilities in the new £80-million Leeds School of Arts Building
Modules
Year 1 Core Modules:
- Embodying Theatre & Performance Contexts
- Theatre Practices
- Widening Perspectives in Theatre & Performance
- Health & Wellbeing for Artistic Practice
Year 2 Core Modules:
- Thinking Bodies in Performance
- The Project Lab
- Writing for Theatre & Performance
- Performance, Protest & Politics
In addition, choose from a list of Year 2 option modules. Please check our website for a full and up-to-date list.
Year 3 Core Modules:
- Arts Research
- Pilot Project
- Professional Practice: Portfolio Practitioner
- Lift Off: Process
- Lift Off: Showcase
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