Theatre Directing
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Entry requirements
Admission to the programme is by interview. Graduates are usually expected to have gained a 2:1 in their undergraduate degree.
Months of entry
September
Course content
The MA Theatre Directing offers a unique postgraduate programme to combine academic study in performance with a practice-based approach to performance. In collaboration with the MA Acting programme, students will produce, perform and direct a range of work during the MA while undergoing a professional programme in actor training. The programme is taught in the evenings and on Saturdays and is available for both full- and part-time study.
Modules include:
- Director Training
- Performance Laboratory
- Staging Performance
- Research Methods
- Dissertation/Production
The Theatre Directing Masters programme benefits from the inclusion of a wide range of visiting practitioners both directors and actors. In addition to giving "masterclasses", these practitioners deliver some of the modules on the programme. Each year, a different theatre company acts as a mentor for the Staging Performance module taking students through the whole process of directing and producing a production from its inception right up to the performance.
Information for international students
Special provision is made for international students who are unable to come to the UK for an interview. All international students will be required to have an IELTS score of 6.0 or equivalent.
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- MA
- part time24 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- PGDip
- part time16 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- full time8 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- PGCert
- part time8 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- full time4 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Applicant Enquiries
- study@uel.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0) 208 223 3333