If you have a passion for theatre and would like to learn how to bring your ideas to life on stage, Brunel’s Theatre course will equip you with specialist skills in a range of performance genres. It will also ground you academically in history and theory, enabling you to become a well-rounded, adaptable artist and critical thinker.
Providing the perfect balance between theory and practice, you’ll be taught by industry and academic experts in our purpose-built Antonin Artaud Performance Centre.
The course has compulsory modules and numerous optional modules that you can choose from within the Theatre degree. You can opt for a wide selection of modules on the main Theatre degree or focus your studies through a specialised degree pathway in Acting, Musical Theatre or Physical Theatre.
Please click below for more information on modules offered throughout the course for each pathway.
Theatre BA pathway module table
You will be supported by a personal tutor who is also your academic seminar tutor and you will be taught by staff who are cutting edge academics and industry specialists. You’ll learn in our Antonin Artaud Performance Centre which includes a main theatre and two studio theatres, in addition to a suite of rehearsal and recording studios.
As we’re close to central London, we regularly organise trips to see productions at places such as the Barbican, the National Theatre, the Royal Court, and Sadler’s Wells and participate in workshops with ground-breaking theatre companies all as part of your course.
Enrollment Cycles
September 2024
Entry Requirements
UK entry requirements
GCE A-level BBC.
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma DMM in any subject.
BTEC Level 3 Diploma DM in any subject, with an A-level at grade C.
BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma M in any subject, with A-levels grade BB.
International Baccalaureate Diploma 29 points.
Obtain a minimum of 112 UCAS tariff points in the Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3.
A minimum of five GCSEs are required, including GCSE Mathematics grade C or grade 4 and GCSE English Language grade C or grade 4 or GCSE English Literature grade B or grade 5.
EU and International entry requirements
If you require a Tier 4 visa to study in the UK, you must prove knowledge of the English language so that we can issue you a Certificate of Acceptance for Study (CAS). To do this, you will need an IELTS for UKVI or Trinity SELT test pass gained from a test centre approved by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) and on the Secure English Language Testing (SELT) list. This must have been taken and passed within two years from the date the CAS is made.
English language requirements
IELTS: 6.5 (min 5.5 in all areas)
Pearson: 59 (59 in all subscores)
BrunELT: 63% (min 55% in all areas)
TOEFL: 92 (min R18, L17, S20, W17)
In the first year you will study a range of modules that help establish a groundwork from which to identify your interests. Then, in your second and third years you can select modules within the Theatre degree or specialised pathways of Acting, Musical Theatre or Physical Theatre.
By the end, you will have developed a body of work in both academic writing and creative practice that prepares you for career routes in the creative industries, the education sector or postgraduate destinations.
Please see the link below for more information on the compulsory and optional modules offered throughout the course for each pathway. The dropdown menus further below offer information on the content of the modules.
Theatre BA pathway module table
This course can be studied 3 years full-time, 4 years full-time with placement or 4-7 years part-time, starting in September.
Year 1 Compulsory
DR1601 Acting: Essential Skills
DR1604: Ensemble Production
DR1607 Applied Drama Practice 1: An Introduction
DR1612 Physical Theatre 1: Between Dance and Theatre
DR1613 Musical Theatre 1
DR1615 Perspectives 1
DR1616 Theatre Making 1
DR1617 Digital & Technical Theatre
Year 2 Compulsory
DR2608 Perspectives
Optional
DR2601 Acting: Beyond Naturalism
DR2616 Acting as a Critical Practice
DR2612 Musical Theatre 2: Histories, Practices and Theories
DR2617 Musical Theatre: Critical Developments
DR2614 Physical Theatre 2: Performance and Embodiment
DR2618 Physical Performer Training
DR2613 Writing 2: Experiments in Language for Performance
DR2602 Applied Drama 2: Project
DR2607 Digital Performance 2
DR2619 Theatre Making 2
Year 3
Compulsory
DR3614 Final Production
DR3608 Written Dissertation
Optional
DR3618 Advanced Acting 3
DR3612 Advanced Musical Theatre 3
DR3617 Advanced Physical Theatre 3
AH3600 - Psychogeography
DR3601 Perspectives 3: Battling with Ideas
DR3619 Digital Performance and Technology 3
EN3619 - Chaucer to Shakespeare
EN3617 - Violence
EN3022 - Victorian Literature and Culture
EN3605 - Modern and Contemporary Lesbian Literature
