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Performance at Rose Bruford College - UCAS

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2026 - 2027
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This course is subject to validation. You can still apply for this course while it is being approved.

Course summary

Rose Bruford College’s Performance MA/MFA welcomes those interested in making, thinking, or writing about contemporary performance in diverse contexts. You’ll explore interdisciplinary performance practices across a range of fields, centring innovative performance and research methodologies that draw on socially engaged and radical approaches – from education to nightlife, theatre to activism, immersive to experimental, and beyond. A Flexible Programme Structure This programme will empower you to develop new creative practices and refine your existing performance skills. Through core Shared Modules and Specialist Pathways, you’ll engage with key techniques and approaches across a diverse range of disciplines:

  • Actor-Musicianship
  • Theatre for Children and Young People
  • Queer Performance
  • Curating
  • Devising
Postgraduate performance training is an opportunity to expand and extend your creative and critical viewpoints. Our flexible structure enables you to tailor your learning experience – choose to focus on a single Pathway or explore multiple areas as your interests evolve. You’ll study alongside students from a variety of disciplines, engaging collaboratively across shared modules whilst pursuing your specialist focus. This interdisciplinary environment encourages experimentation, dialogue, and exchange across forms and practices. Shape the Future of Performance Guided by world-leading experts and practitioners, this programme will challenge you to engage critically with cutting edge contemporary creative industries. You’ll develop your skills across a range of settings and contexts, gaining the confidence to shape and respond to the multiple futures of performance. Ultimately, the Performance MA/MFA will support you to further develop your creative practice, enhance your professional opportunities, or continue into advanced research and study.

Modules

https://www.bruford.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-courses/ma-mfa-performance/

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

  • Course does not award QTS

How to apply

International applicants

We welcome students from around the world for both BA and MA/MFA degree study in performance, design, management and technical arts, as well as foundation courses, short courses and summer schools. You will be studying close to London and have easy access to the amazing culture, restaurants and theatre there. When you study with us, you will join students from more than 25 different countries, and develop skills that could take your career all over the world. We have links worldwide with partner institutions for student and staff exchanges, collaborative projects and wider research initiatives. You may find our international students web page and guide useful: https://www.bruford.ac.uk/join/international-students/ We run webinars with virtual campus tours for prospective international students, you can register here: https://www.bruford.ac.uk/open-days-and-webinars/

Entry requirements

Applicants for Masters programmes will be expected to have a good undergraduate degree in a related subject area. The College also encourages applications from those without formal qualifications who may be accepted based on professional experience.

English language requirements

International students: Minimum IELTS for UKVI score of 6.5 overall, with no component below 6.0 (CEFR level B2).

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £11500 Whole course
Northern Ireland £11500 Whole course
Scotland £11500 Whole course
Wales £11500 Whole course
Channel Islands £11500 Whole course
Republic of Ireland £11500 Whole course
EU £20050 Whole course
International £20050 Whole 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

No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Performance at Rose Bruford College - UCAS