Acting BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Luton

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Luton

About the course Focusing on intensive practical exploration of the techniques required for performing in a number of different contexts, you will receive vocational-standard training in the skills needed to work on your own and with companies. The course also equips you with the transferable and entrepreneurship skills you will need to work as a professional actor, performance maker, workshop leader, animateur and development worker. You will enjoy specialist workshops, master-classes, act within a range of community and mainstream contexts, and benefit from a professional working relationship with a regional theatre.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Luton (Bedfordshire)
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University Of Bedfordshire Business School, Luton Campus (Vicarage Street), LU1 3JU

Start date

On request

About this course

We will consider you as an individual and take into account all elements of your application, not just your qualifications. We are looking for breadth and depth in your current studies and enthusiasm for the subject you wish to study. / entry UCAS Tariff Score of at least , which should include two A levels at C or above UCAS Tariff Score of at least from BTEC level 3 QCF Qualifications which should include a minimum of Merit Merit from either two BTEC Subsidiary Diplomas or from a BTEC Diploma or Merit Merit Pass in the BTEC Extended Diploma UCAS Tariff Score.

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Subjects

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Acting
  • Theatre
  • Production

Course programme

  • Study acting and advanced creative theatre-making skills with people in other areas of performance and work on different acting and theatre-making techniques.
  • Learn a wide range of practical transferable and entrepreneurship skills that will enhance your prospects of employment and success as a professional actor and performer
  • Study with directors who wish to engage actors and performance makers who are capable of devising their own material and working closely with text
  • Develop your own imaginative techniques and practical skills as you reflect the intercultural perspectives that shape the performing arts
  • Gain a deep and intensive understanding of the specific challenges you will face working as an actor and performer in this key sector of the creative industry
  • Explore texts, attitudes and approaches from classical and Shakespearean text and materials to physical theatre, avant-garde, contemporary and global practice
  • Challenge yourself at a showcase as you work with professional directors and artists from a regional venue such as The Palace Theatre, Bedford, or Milton Keynes Theatre
  • Benefit from working with a strong team of performing arts professionals, visiting artists and facilities that include dedicated studios and the University’s own professionally equipped theatre.
Units
  • Performance And Production (PER) Compulsory
  • Practising Ideas (PAE) Compulsory
  • Process To Production (PER) Compulsory
  • The Actor In Performance (PER) Compulsory
  • Making Performance (PER) Compulsory
  • Production In Context (PER) Compulsory
  • Production Processes: Musical Theatre (PER) Compulsory
  • Theoretical Approaches To Theatre (PER) Compulsory
  • Acting And Devising: Community Performance (PER) Optional
  • Turning Points: Political Performance (PER) Optional
  • Writing For Performance (ENG) Optional
  • Acting In Repertory (PER) Compulsory
  • Research In Acting (PER) Compulsory
  • Small Scale Production (PER) Compulsory
  • The Independent Theatre Professional (PER) Compulsory
  • Theatre Dissertation (PER) Compulsory
  • Theatre Practice As Research (PER) Compulsory
  • Collaborative Applied Practice (PER) Optional
  • Staging New Writing (PER) Optional

Acting BA (Hons)

Price on request