This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 25th September 2024.
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.
Course summary
Why study BA Drama and Theatre Arts with Design and Technical Practice at Goldsmiths This programme is for theatre artists who want to design and deliver innovative work through technical practice, creative vision and technological confidence.
- Goldsmiths is famous for producing theatre practitioners who have agency and critical capacity. Our design and technician staff team are artists, innovators and researchers in their own right.
- Studying with us makes you ready for work in the existing theatre and screen industries, but we also equip you to create, innovate, and initiate change, in your own right as technicians and artists.
- You'll take classes in ensemble performance, scenography, theatre-making, plus small-group coaching with a technical specialist in lighting, sound design, set, scenography and objects, stage management and costume design and production.
- Your learning experience will benefit from a more recent appreciation and diversification of what design and technical practice can do for theatre and creative industry events more generally.
- Our training assists you to achieve excellence in a nurturing and respectful environment.
Modules
Year 1 In your first year, you'll study to following compulsory modules: Ideas in Practice Introduction to Dramaturgy Practitioner in Context I: Technical Skills Scenography Theatre Making 1 The Ensemble Creative-Critical Project Year 2 In your second year, you'll take the following compulsory modules: Questions of Performance Technical Theatre and Design Case Study Theatre Making 2 Practitioner in Context II: Departmental Placement You will also choose one of the following modules: Global Theatre Histories or The Goldsmiths Elective or Modernisms and Postmodernity A Year 3 In your final year, you'll take the following compulsory modules: Theatre Making 3: Laboratory Theatre Making 3: Projects Practitioner in Context III: Industry Preparation and Placement Independent Research Project Research Methodologies
- 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
31Jan
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
- Course code:
- W445
- Institution code:
- G56
- Campus name:
- Main Site
- Campus code:
- -
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
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H2, H2, H2, H2
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-design-and-technical-practice/
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
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
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