Theatre and Performing (Hons) Lancaster University

Overview

Throughout the Drama, Theatre and Performance (Hons) course from the Lancaster University you will combine practice and theory to support your creative risk-taking and develop an original voice through your own innovative practical work.

You will engage in collaborative group performances throughout the course, allowing you to specialise in what you enjoy the most. You might choose to focus on acting, building your confidence on stage, perfecting your characterisation and portraying that character through performance. You could opt to work in pre-production, playwriting or script writing, or even scenography, designing sets and scenes that bring your production to life.

You may see yourself behind the scenes, directing those on stage and managing production from start to finish. You can make this course your own.

As you progress through the course, you will be able to choose thematic areas of focus, for example, theatre for social change, intermedial theatre, text-based performance, and environmental performance. You will also be trained on topics such as sustainability, inclusivity, and creative entrepreneurship – equipping you with vital skills that will help you to shape the theatre industry of the future.

Career opportunities:

Developing your professional skills is at the core of this course. Our programme is very highly regarded in the profession and our graduates are sought after within the theatre and performance sector. Providing valuable critical thinking and creative skills, this programme will open up many opportunities for working not just in the theatre industry, but in many other sectors too.

Our graduates have gone on to pursue successful careers in theatre as:

• Performers
• Directors
• Dramaturgs
• Writers
• Producers
• Technicians
• Administrators
• Theatre facilitators
• Prison theatre workers

A significant number of our graduates also go on to set up their own theatre companies or small businesses.

Other graduates have gone on to pursue careers in:

• Television
• Film
• Digital media
• Community arts and drama
• Journalism
• Publishing
• Teaching
• Social work
• Charities
• NGOs
• International organisations

Each year some of our graduates progress to postgraduate study by taking a master’s either at Lancaster or elsewhere. Others successfully gain places on Drama School programmes, developing the creative skills and passions they have discovered during their time with us.