Drama and Theatre Arts with Acting at Goldsmiths, University of London - UCAS

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Course summary

Train as an actor and artist in your own right. Experience and enjoy a wide range of roles alongside opportunities to direct, write and produce. Why study BA Drama and Theatre Arts with Acting at Goldsmiths

  • You'll learn to become an ‘actor-plus’: developing confidence as an actor while being given access to other skills such as directing, writing and producing.
  • Studying with us will enable you to work in the theatre and screen industries and equip you to create, innovate, and initiate change, in your own right as an artist.
  • Goldsmiths is famous for producing theatre practitioners who have agency and critical capacity.
  • Your learning experience will benefit from recent developments and diversification in the models and methods of actor training and ethics that we have been exploring on BA Drama and Theatre Arts at Goldsmiths, and now with an expanded practice in Acting skills.
  • There will be classes in rehearsal ethics, characterisation and ensemble skills, movement, voice, stage, screen and audio genres, text-based and devised work.
  • Our training assists you in achieving excellence and avoids erasing aspects of your identity in the process of training such as race, ethnicity, sexuality, class, regional accent or disability.

Modules

Year 1 Critical Dialogues A Character, Modes and Forms I Introduction to Dramaturgy Character, Modes and Forms II Theatre Making 1 The Ensemble Reflexive Practitioner I: Self-pedagogy Year 2 Classical Acting in a Contemporary World Questions of Performance Global Theatre Histories Theatre Making 2 Screen and Audio Acting Reflexive Practitioner II: Embodied Expression Year 3 Performing Cultures A Production in Process Theatre Making 3 Laboratory Theatre Making 3 Projects Directed Production Reflexive Practitioner III: Industry Preparation *Please note that due to staff research commitments not all of these modules may be available every year.

Assessment method

You will be assessed by a range of methods. These may include coursework assignments such as essays, portfolios, research statements and exams, as well as practical assignments such as practice-based presentations and oral presentations.


How to apply

Application codes

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Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Your qualifications must include a minimum Grade B in English Literature, English Language and Literature, Drama or Theatre Studies, or another humanities discipline (or equivalent). General Studies is not accepted as one of the three A-levels.

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

https://www.gold.ac.uk/ug/ba-drama-and-theatre-arts-with-acting/


English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6With a 6.0 in writing and no element lower than 5.5

Student Outcomes

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90%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
100%
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Fees and funding

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Drama and Theatre Arts with Acting at Goldsmiths, University of London - UCAS