BA (Hons) in European Theatre Arts
Sidcup, United Kingdom
BA
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
This course explores different European theatre practices, centred on the notions of the ensemble and of crossing borders; training you in the processes of theatre-making (as a performer, director, deviser, and designer) alongside an understanding of how performance is shaped by its cultural contexts.
What you'll study
Throughout this course, the emphasis is on innovative and ensemble practice, rooted in a robust understanding of existing practices and theories.
You will train in a range of techniques and methods from European theatre practices, investigating and building your capacity as a performer and maker. You will also explore the role of director and designer.
You will develop your ability to situate these practices in a variety of theoretical, historical and socio-cultural contexts. You will have the opportunity to spend part of your time studying/training abroad.
Why choose this course?
- Build your unique creative skill set: Acquire a wide range of skills and techniques, from clowning to devising, through rigorous training as a contemporary performer. Empowering you to build on your interests and innovate to craft a personal artistic voice
- Create, collaborate and innovate: Perform in small-scale and large-scale ensembles, exploring devised and text-based theatre. Collaborate with other performers, designers and technical specialists to present original work
- Grow your network: Build a professional network for the future making industry connections while you study and train alongside innovative theatre-makers from all disciplines
- Expert training: Explore a wide range of European practices, closely tutored by an international team of experts. And investigate contemporary performance by collaborating closely with visiting industry professionals
- Study abroad: Spend a semester at one of our European partner institutions which currently include EESTI MUUSIKA (Tallinn), ESAD (Murcia), EIOLA (Barcelona), Janácek Academy of Music and Performing Arts (Brno), AST National Academy of Theatre Arts (Wrocław), RESAD (Madrid), and Divadlo Continuo (Southern Czechia).
- Working graduates: Recent graduates are performing with a wide range of companies, forming their own successful companies working with venues like Battersea Arts Centre, Barbican Theatre, National Theatre and Icelandic National Theatre as well as performing at Festivals.
Course content is regularly reviewed, to make it relevant and current. Course modules are therefore subject to change.
Year 1
You will be introduced to the academic and intellectual skills that you will need for study and professional development.
You will begin to learn a range of performance skills and contextualise these in developing your understanding of theatre-making through a European perspective.
- Demonstrate a range of physical and vocal performance skills
- Integrate these various skills and techniques into performance related to your study
- Engage with and identify collaborative processes within theatre-making
- Identify key concepts and ideas of major theorists and practitioners of European theatre
- Plan and prepare for seminars, workshops and rehearsals
- Demonstrate an independent imaginative response to your interpretation of text and performance
- Demonstrate an awareness of professional discipline towards the work
- Study productions illuminating key periods of European theatre history
Year 2
You will further develop your skills towards a level appropriate to professional work and experience performance in collaboration with other disciplines.
- Employ diverse physical and vocal performance skills in a range of performative contexts
- Evaluate critically the processes of the performer, director and designer within theatre-making
- Analyse the inter-relationships between the performer, director, designer and the audience in the creation of the theatre event
- Articulate and engage critically with the principles, concepts and ideas of writers and practitioners in a European and wider international context
- Apply a range of analytical, reflective and communicative skills informed by an understanding of practices inherent in theatre-making
- Initiate projects and lead seminars, workshops and rehearsals
- Demonstrate creativity and originality in the study and presentation of material
- Take some responsibility for the development and assessment of your professional skills
Year 3
- An introduction to research in practice
- Final public collaborative productions
- Final practical projects and dissertations
- Professional preparation and research on different European theatre companies
We aim to create graduates who are adaptable and rigorous performers, makers and practitioners, able to innovate in their own practice and shape their own career pathways. Many go on to have portfolio careers, including performing with established cutting-edge companies forming their own companies, and producing or directing work. Other destinations for graduates include teaching, establishing theatre venues, writing, producing and more.
Careers options
Graduate ready to build a successful portfolio career in the performing arts, working in the UK and abroad as a freelance performer and theatremaker. Studying an arts-related subject gives you a wide range of skills that can be put to use in many careers. Recent graduates have gone on to become:
- Actors, entertainers, musicians and presenters
- Arts officers, producers and directors
- Teaching and other educational professionals
- Special needs education teaching professionals
- Authors, Writers and translators
- Artists, photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting operators
- Vocational trainers and instructors
- Playworkers
- Leisure and travel service roles
Teaching and assessment methods
In your first year, you will complete around 510 hours of indicative scheduled learning and teaching activities and 540 hours of independent learning on projects, productions, placements or self-directed study. Assessment will be through: Performances; Coursework, presentations and portfolios; Continuous practical assessment
In your second year, you will complete around 510 hours of indicative scheduled learning and teaching activities and 540 hours of independent learning on projects, productions, placements or self-directed study. Assessment will be through: Performances; Coursework, presentations and portfolios; Continuous practical assessment
In your third year, you will complete around 510 hours of indicative scheduled learning and teaching activities and 540 hours of independent learning on projects, productions, placements or self-directed study. Assessment will be through: Performances; Coursework, presentations and portfolios; Continuous practical assessment.
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