Drama, Theatre and Performance (Placement Year) : BA Hons : W441
Bachelor's degree
In Lancaster
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Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Lancaster
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Duration
4 Years
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Start date
Different dates available
Studying Theatre at Lancaster gives you the opportunity to learn about innovative twentieth and twenty-first century theatre and performance through an exciting and varied mix of practical and academic approaches. You will gain critical and creative skills that open up possibilities for working in theatre, while making you highly attractive to a wide range of other employers.
You will be taught by internationally esteemed, award winning theatre practitioners and scholars and will benefit from the outstanding facilities and the access to professional practice provided by our close relationship with Lancaster Arts and with other leading organisations in the creative and cultural industries.
The first year serves as a foundation for your studies, introducing key concepts and practical tools through case studies that explore the development of different modes of acting and theatre production, from Shakespeare to cutting-edge contemporary theatre. The year culminates in a group performance project.
In your second year, you will take two core practical modules and one introducing you to critical approaches and choose from options including British Theatre (1945-20), Television Drama, Post-war European Playwrights, Performing the Avant-garde, Modern Dance and a major production module.
You will have the opportunity to spend Year 3 on placement with a public, private or voluntary organisation in the UK or overseas. This experience will boost your employment prospects and will help you to decide on your career direction and the kind of organisation in which you want to work once you graduate. You will be doing a real, responsible job – with all the satisfaction that brings.
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About this course
Theatre at Lancaster is one of the most highly ranked in the subject area for graduate employment. The performance, creative, communication and entrepreneurial skills developed by our Theatre degree and our strong links to professional practice open up a wide range of jobs in the creative and cultural industries and in many other employment sectors.
Many of our graduates work in a wide variety of roles within theatre and performance - as performers, directors, dramaturgs, writers, producers, technicians or administrators - while others are employed in television, film and digital media, journalism and publishing, or in teaching, social work, community arts and drama and dance therapy. A Theatre degree at Lancaster gives graduates the confidence and capability to produce work for themselves and a significant number go on the set up their own theatre companies, or small, thriving businesses.
Lancaster graduates successfully progress onto PGCE, MA, MPhil and PhD courses, either at Lancaster or at other high quality national institutions.
A Level ABB
Required Subjects Theatre, Drama, Dance or Performance are considered desirable but applications from those studying other subjects who can demonstrate experience and interest in practical theatre are welcomed
IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each component.
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Subjects
- Drama
- Theatre
- Dance
- Production
- Theatre Studies
- Arts and Culture
- Critical Reflections
- Techniques
- LICA
- Television Drama
Course programme
Many of Lancaster's degree programmes are flexible, offering students the opportunity to cover a wide selection of subject areas to complement their main specialism. You will be able to study a range of modules, some examples of which are listed below.
Year 1Core
- Introduction to Theatre Studies
- Placement Preparation
- The Arts and Culture in Modernity
Core
- Critical Reflections
- Performance Composition
- Theatre Techniques
- Work Based Learning Preparation
Optional
- British Theatre & The State of the Nation (1945-2000)
- Introduction to Television Drama
- LICA Work Placement
- Media & Performance
- Modern Dance
- Performing the Avant-Garde
- Postwar European Playwrights
- Theatre Practice
- Writing for Performance
Core
- Work Based Learning Placement
Core
- Advanced Theatre Practice
- Dissertation
- Work Based Learning Reflection
Optional
- Contemporary Dance and the Visual Arts
- Contemporary European Postdramatic Theatre
- Creative Enterprise
- New Scenographies in Performance
- New Writing in Contemporary British Theatre
- The Popular, the Political and the Avant-Garde
Lancaster University offers a range of programmes, some of which follow a structured study programme, and others which offer the chance for you to devise a more flexible programme. We divide academic study into two sections - Part 1 (Year 1) and Part 2 (Year 2, 3 and sometimes 4). For most programmes Part 1 requires you to study 120 credits spread over at least three modules which, depending upon your programme, will be drawn from one, two or three different academic subjects. A higher degree of specialisation then develops in subsequent years.
Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, but changes may be necessary, for example as a result of student feedback, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes, and new research.
Additional information
Drama, Theatre and Performance (Placement Year) : BA Hons : W441
-
Cardinal Newman College
A Level Lancashire / Classroom-basedPrice on request -
Canterbury College
Course OnlinePrice on request -
Courses For Success
Course OnlinePrice on request -
Edinburgh Napier University
Postgraduate Distance LearningPrice on request -
North West Regional College
Course OnlinePrice on request -
University for the Creative Arts
Postgraduate Online£ 9,250 + VAT -
School of Music and the Performing Arts - Bath Spa Uni.
Master Distance LearningPrice on request
See all