Text and Performance (MA) Program By Birkbeck, University of London |Top Universities
Program Duration

24 monthsProgram duration

Main Subject Area

Performing ArtsMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Performing Arts

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

This highly distinctive MA Text and Performance, run as a partnership between Birkbeck and RADA, brings together cutting-edge practice and scholarship in theatre and performance. On this programme, students will work with Birkbeck's experts in theatre and performance studies and RADA's faculty and visiting theatre practitioners to experience both making and studying theatre. This course does not offer actor training, but will deepen one’s critical and practical understanding of theatre and performance practices in context and leads to a prestigious postgraduate qualification from the University of London. This course encompasses drama from the early modern period to the contemporary. In the rehearsal room, students will create new theatre and performance work responding to set texts and themes. Students will also engage with performance techniques to develop their skills as a playwright, director and dramaturg.

Program overview

Main Subject

Performing Arts

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

This highly distinctive MA Text and Performance, run as a partnership between Birkbeck and RADA, brings together cutting-edge practice and scholarship in theatre and performance. On this programme, students will work with Birkbeck's experts in theatre and performance studies and RADA's faculty and visiting theatre practitioners to experience both making and studying theatre. This course does not offer actor training, but will deepen one’s critical and practical understanding of theatre and performance practices in context and leads to a prestigious postgraduate qualification from the University of London. This course encompasses drama from the early modern period to the contemporary. In the rehearsal room, students will create new theatre and performance work responding to set texts and themes. Students will also engage with performance techniques to develop their skills as a playwright, director and dramaturg.

Admission requirements

Undergraduate

6+
2+
Jan-2000

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Birkbeck, University of London is a world-class research and teaching institution ranked in the top 250 universities world-wide in the Times Higher World University Rankings 2016-17. As a college of the University of London, Birkbeck awards internationally respected University of London qualifications and offers a unique opportunity to study in the evening alongside London’s working professionals.

Located in historic Bloomsbury, Birkbeck is at the heart of the University of London's city centre campus. Students from over 120 countries study at Birkbeck, attracted to the vibrant academic community and the opportunity to find part-time work while attending classes in the evening. Birkbeck offers a wide range of full time undergraduate courses within five schools (School of Arts, School of Business, Economics & Informatics, School of Science, School of Law and School of Social Sciences, History & Philosophy) and awards internationally respected University of London qualifications.

International students can check for details of equivalences of qualifications at bbk.ac.uk/international and can also take advantage of various scholarship opportunities. There are a wide range of accommodation options available to Birkbeck students, including University of London Halls of Residence, private student accommodation and flat-shares with other students. For more information on applying to study at Birkbeck as an international student, please email [email protected]


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