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BA (Hons) Theatre and Performance

Northumbria University Newcastle, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

This course will help you become an independent thinker and innovative practitioner. You'll not only be able to engage with the world critically, imaginatively, and creatively to secure your own career ambitions, but also actively help solve complex social, political, and cultural challenges. It's your chance to go beyond the traditional understanding of theatre and performance - to test and push boundaries €“ and learn to be a leader. The program may be grounded in the North East, but it takes an international and intercultural approach through partnerships across the vibrant Newcastle Gateshead area. This includes working with theatre and performance practitioners, cultural venues like Northern Stage, Live Theatre, and the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, as well as organizations such as schools, care homes, and local authorities. You'll explore the world's big challenges by innovating through your own creative practice. So, whether your role is as a performer, director, writer, designer, critic or producer, this course will support you to thrive €“ whether working as a creative individual or collaboratively to stage timely, ambitious, and culturally aware performances. Between your second and final years, you can undertake a year-long sandwich work placement. This placement will provide an opportunity to further develop your professional skills and knowledge through working in practice. There's also the option to apply for a year of study abroad.

General Eligibility

120 UCAS Tariff points From a combination of acceptable Level 3 qualifications which may include: A-level, BTEC Diplomas/Extended Diplomas, Scottish and Irish Highers, Access to HE Diplomas, or the International Baccalaureate. GCSE Requirements: Applicants will need Maths and English Language at minimum grade 4/C or an equivalent.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

  • Big Ideas in Theatre and Performance (Core)

  • Theatre and Performance Encounters (Core)

  • Performance Explorations (Core)

  • Urgent ideas in Theatre and Performance (Core)

  • Academic Language Skills for Arts (Core – for International and EU students only)

2 Year 2

  • Tragedy (Optional)

  • Literature and Adaptation (Optional)

  • Hollywood Cinema (Optional)

  • Media Cultures (Optional)

  • Cultural Identities on Screen (Optional)

  • Arguments for Theatre and Performance (Core)

  • Contemporary Theatre Making (Core)

  • Performance, Politics and Power in Contemporary Society (Optional)

  • Applied Theatre Practice (Optional)

  • Investigating Theatre and Performance (Core)

  • Performance and the City (Core)

  • Performance and Digital Cultures (Optional)

  • Performer Training: Practitioner Perspectives (Optional)

3 Year 3

  • Arts Work Placement Year (Optional)

  • Arts Study Abroad Year (Optional)

  • Year in International Business (This is made up of modules studied in Newcastle (Semester 1) & Amsterdam (Semester 2) (Optional)

  • Year in International Multidisciplinary Innovation (4 modules studied in Amsterdam (Semester 1) & Newcastle (Semester 2) (Optional)

4 Year 4

  • The Black Atlantic: Literature, Slavery and Race (Optional)

  • Twenty First Century Literature: Writing in the Present (Optional)

  • Contemporary British and Irish Cinema (Optional)

  • Performance Dissertation (Core)

  • Performance Project (Optional)

  • Performer Training: Future Practices (Optional)

  • Popular Performance (Optional)

  • Performance and the Politics of Fear (Optional)

  • Digital Futures (Optional)

  • Advanced Applied Practice (Optional)

  • Performance and Creative Economies (Optional)

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79
International applicants should have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component (or an approved equivalent*).

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