Overview

Choosing to study Drama and Creative Writing at Royal Holloway University of London will put you at the centre of one of the largest and most influential Drama and Theatre departments in the world. You'll create performances, analyse texts, and bring a range of critical ideas to bear on both.

On this course the text and the body, thinking and doing, work together. There's no barrier between theory and practice: theory helps you understand and make the most of practice, while practice sheds light on theory.

By moving between the two, you'll find your place as an informed theatre-maker, and by studying a variety of practices, by yourself and with others, you'll get knowledge of the industry as a whole, and learn how your interests could fit into the bigger picture.

Career opportunities

Our industry links mean you'll be able to pursue work experience with theatres and creative arts agencies. Recent graduates have gone into careers in acting, writing, broadcasting (including at the BBC), literary agency, arts management, sound design, marketing/PR, teaching and community theatre work, as well as postgraduate study in different fields. Lots of our graduates also start their own performing arts companies.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Theatre and Performance Making
Theatre and Text

Why Write? The History and Theory of Creative Writing

Playwriting

Fiction

Poetry

Shakespeare, Ecology and Performance

Theatre and Performance Making: Devising

Theatre and Performance Making: Theatre Directing

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-14 00:00:00

Language

English

Duolingo English Test

120

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TOEFL^® IBT

88

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PTE Academic

67

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

360 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Egham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Creative Writing Drama View 363 other Bachelors in Drama in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

Duolingo English Test

120

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TOEFL^® IBT

88

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PTE Academic

67

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

A Levels: AAB-ABB

A in an essay-based Arts and Humanities subject at A-Level

At least five GCSEs at grade A*-C or 9-4 including Maths and English.

All teaching at Royal Holloway is in English. You will therefore need to have good enough written and spoken English to cope with your studies right from the start of your course.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

26800 GBP / year

≈ 26800 GBP / year
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Citizens or residents

9535 GBP / year

≈ 9535 GBP / year

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