Course summary
Our MA in Writing for Screen, Stage and Radio is unique opportunity at postgraduate level to gain a broad, solid training in dramatic writing across stage, screen and radio. This course is ideal for you if you’re an aspiring industry creative who is looking to build a portfolio and embark on a creative writing career. We’re living in a world where global creative industries are keen for new ideas, stories, experiences and voices, making this the perfect opportunity for you to share yours. Through studying the course, you’ll be equipped to work in a range of dramatic writing forms across theatre, television, film and radio. This will prepare you for a portfolio career which is typical for the contemporary writer, and will give you a broad range of skills and experiences. You’ll have access to the unparalleled cultural resources and opportunities available in London, one of the world’s great cultural cities, as well as the superb stage, screen and sound production resources of our Egham campus, and have the chance to work with Royal Holloway’s internationally acclaimed creative writers. Learn the skills of taking an initial idea and developing it into a finished script. Work in a range of dramatic forms – screen, stage and sound – understanding through study and experience their differences and continuities. Gain a broad understanding of all these dramatic forms, but be able to specialise in particular forms as the course progresses. Acquire extensive experience working with acclaimed professional writers, respond to professional briefs plus receive high-quality professional feedback on your work. Be immersed in a vibrant postgraduate creative community. From time to time, we make changes to our courses to improve the student and learning experience. If we make a significant change to your chosen course, we’ll let you know as soon as we can. Course structure
Assessment method
The MA Writing for Theatre, Screen and Radio is taught through five modules, ensuring a breadth of knowledge and creative experience but allowing you to specialise as the course goes on. The modules are taught by staff from the Departments of both Drama and Media Arts. Typically, modules are taught through weekly workshop-seminars in which script concepts are developed through critical and creative exploration. If you do a dissertation – in which you’ll develop a full-length original piece of creative work – you’ll be taught through one-to-one supervision by an experienced professional writer. You’ll be expected to read widely, take in theatre and radio plays, films and tv shows, and will usually be set creative tasks between classes. Assessment is mostly through creative coursework, although you will also be asked to write analytically about your own and others’ work.
Entry requirements
2:2 in any subject We will consider applicants with equivalent professional experience. Applicants will be asked to provide 4-5 pages of a script they have written, in any dramatic form.
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
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Provider information
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham
TW20 0EX