Theatre and Performance Practices

Entry requirements

2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in Theatre, Performance, Drama, Dance, Music, English Literature, Contemporary Art, or History and Cultural Theory.

A 2.2 Honours degree, or a 2.1 in another subject, will be considered where supported by relevant experience. Substantial, directly relevant experience may be considered in place of formal qualifications.

Months of entry

September

Course content

This Masters provides an opportunity to develop your own theatre and performance practice in a critically informed context. You will be encouraged and supported to develop a reflective, rigorous and critically informed approach to creating your own work for performance. The programme encompasses practices such as contemporary devising and production dramaturgy, autobiographical performance, and socially/politically engaged practice. These critical perspectives will enhance and enrich your creative practice as we work to further your career as a theatre/performance practitioner/researcher.

Why this programme

• You'll have multiple opportunities to develop, present and receive feedback on your own theatre and performance practice. This involves mentoring by leading professional practitioners when you create your final practice as a research project.
• The programme is delivered by leading academics in collaboration with theatre practitioners active in Glasgow's performance scene and beyond.
• Programme leader is Dr. Graham Eatough, one of Scotland’s leading theatre practitioners with an international reputation for experimental and interdisciplinary work.
• Mentors on the programme over recent years have included Richard Gregory, Ashanti Harris, Jenna Watt and Alan McKendrick.
• Our facilities include a large flexible-seat theatre seating over 200 spectators as well as smaller studio spaces.
• Glasgow is home to a huge variety of theatres that produce and show a range from the experimental and risky, to the traditional and repertory, from canonical and new writing, to devised and physical performance. World-leading venues include the Citizens’ Theatre, Tramway, Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) and the Glue Factory.
• Students have the option to undertake a work placement, with Glasgow’s vibrant arts scene providing a range of opportunities to engage with diverse theatre and performance practices.