7Dec
Undergraduate This course is not accepting applications for deferred entry.
Goldsmiths, University of London has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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Course summary
Why study BA Drama and Theatre Arts with Acting at Goldsmiths 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.
- 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 In your first year, you will take the following compulsory modules: Ideas in Practice Character, Modes and Forms I Creative-Critical Project Character, Modes and Forms II Theatre Making 1 The Ensemble Reflexive Practitioner I: Self-Pedagogy Year 2 In your second year, you will take the following compulsory modules: Classical Acting in a Contemporary World Questions of Performance Reflexive Practitioner II: Embodied Expression You will also choose one module from each of the following pairs: Global Theatre Histories or The Goldsmiths Elective Theatre Making 2 or Participatory Arts: Contexts and Practice Screen and Audio Acting or Workshop Facilitation: Theory and Practice Year 3 In your final year, you will take the following compulsory modules: Production in Process Theatre Making 3: Laboratory Theatre Making 3: Projects Directed Production Reflexive Practitioner III: Industry Preparation You will also choose one of the following Performing Culture modules: Performing Culture: Modern Black, British and American Drama Performing Culture: Ecological Theatre Performing Culture: Theatre as a Learning Medium Performing Culture: Culture and its Doubles *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
29Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
Please select a course option – you will then see the application code you need to use to apply for the course.
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - Not accepted
A level - BBB
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DDM
Access to HE Diploma - D: 30 credits
Scottish Higher - BBBBC
Scottish Advanced Higher - BBC
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 33 points
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
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6 | With a 6.0 in writing and no element lower than 5.5 |
English Language Requirements
Student Outcomes
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Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
Go onto work and study
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
To find out more about fees and funding, please check our undergraduate fees guidance or contact the Fees Office https://www.gold.ac.uk/ug/fees-funding/
Provider information
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross
Lewisham
SE14 6NW