Theatre & Performance

Our BA Theatre & Performance course is designed to inspire your theatrical creativity and provide you with outlets to express it.

You will begin by studying theatre from a range of cultures and historical periods, then focus more intensively on theatre of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including naturalism and realism, modernism and avant-garde practices and post-dramatic and experimental forms, with opportunities to explore these through practical work.

The course investigates a range of contemporary global practices from verbatim to immersive, from site-specific work to examples of digital technologies in live performance. You will see performances ranging from West End theatre to the latest practitioners of intermedial theatre and performance art. Throughout your degree, you will explore how theatre makers, directors, designers, writers and other theatre artists respond to and shape our rapidly changing world. You will learn practical skills from the first year, with opportunities to collaborate on extended performances in the final two years. You will also have the option of following a critical-only route.

With the support of dedicated technicians, you will develop your technical skills in multimedia spaces designed to encourage innovation and creativity. This focus on collaboration in both our teaching and your creative development places the student community at the heart of the Department.

Our department proudly subscribes to the industry-leading BAFTA Albert scheme, which supports film-and-television makers in their efforts to work sustainably and to limit their environmental impact.

Courses

BA Art and Theatre

Full Time: 4 Years
BA Creative Writing and Film & Theatre

Full Time: 3 Years
BA Creative Writing and Theatre

Full Time: 3 Years
BA English Literature and Film & Theatre

Full Time: 3 Years
BA English Literature and Theatre

Full Time: 3 Years
BA Film & Television

Full Time: 3 Years
BA Film & Theatre

Full Time: 3 Years
BA Theatre & Performance

Full Time: 3 Years

I could not quantify how many times that having ‘BA History with Theatre’ from Reading actually won over an employer on paper. But I would not be the actor I am today without my experience at FTT. And therefore, would not have landed the jobs I have.