Musical Theatre

Our course prepares students for employment in all areas of musical theatre and beyond. The practical element of the course focuses on fundamental and advanced performance techniques to explore the musical theatre repertoire. There is a particular focus on contemporary musical theatre, and students are encouraged to enhance and expand their chosen repertoire through weekly individual singing lessons with professional vocal tutors. Practical work is supported by an outstanding academic programme that investigates how identity shapes our experience of musicals as creatives, performers and audience members through the lenses of gender, race, nationality, sexuality and class. The continued dialogue between practical and academic skills make our graduates particularly versatile for future employment prospects, as evidenced in our graduate employment rate.

Level 4 modules

• 4DR011 Fundamentals of Musical Theatre – staging a scene from a musical
• 4DR012 Dance for Musical Theatre – ballet, jazz, contemporary and tap
• 4DR008 Musical Theatre Practice – developing ensemble and individual skills through small group masterclasses and ensemble workshops
• 4DR015 Academic Skills in Musical Theatre
• 4DR009 Roots of Musical Theatre
• 4MU015 Performance Workshop – workshopping new musicals (public performance)

Level 5 modules

• 5DR009 Creating Musical Theatre - writing and performing a new musical (public performance)
• 5DR012 Intermediate Dance Technique – Musical theatre and commercial jazz, contemporary and tap
• 5MU014 Performance in Practice – compiling an industry-standard audition book and performing a concert (public performance)
• 5DR013 Musical Theatre Repertoire (Intermediate)
• 5DR008 Politics, Popular Performance and Musical Theatre
• 5MU062 Acting in Musical Theatre

Level 6 modules

• 6DR009 The Professional Project
• 6DR005 Contemporary Context of Musical Theatre
• 6DR008 Musical Theatre Repertoire (Advanced)
• 6MU010 Employability and Enterprise in Music – organisation and production of a public event
• 6DR006 Musical Theatre Production - (public performance)