Performance, BA (Hons)

Course summary

This course is available for advanced entry only.Focusing on practice, this two-year course offers you the knowledge and skills to make innovative, relevant and engaging new work for contemporary audiences and communities. It is an articulation route for students who have already achieved an HND in Acting and Performance. Why QMU?• Our teaching draws upon a vast experience and legacy of successfully preparing students for entry into the field of professional performance - there are QMU graduates in most of the major theatre and performance institutions in Scotland, and, of course, many have gone on to successful careers further afield.• Just a six-minute train ride from the centre of Edinburgh, we are well placed for easy access to the year-round performance opportunities that the Festival City provides, and our students often use the festivals as springboards for their own careers.On this course you will:• Develop your knowledge of the field of performance and be equipped with the practical skills that are essential for developing a career in this sector.• Experience a tailored route to a degree level qualification.• Learn through physical exploration of the subject.• Experience a combination of learning and teaching methods including workshops, lectures, seminars, tutorials, case studies, demonstrations, simulation exercises, embedded skills training, field trips and projects.• Gain valuable placement experience through our growing links with external stakeholders. Examples of placement opportunities range from the Edinburgh International Festival to working with independent theatre companies or the Brunton or Lyceum theatres as well as a range of local primary and secondary schools. The mix of student placements is very diverse and we aim to accommodate all student aspirations.Focusing on the breadth of forms that performance can take, the course will be of interest to those who wish to explore the potential of performance beyond the conventional modes and spaces with which it is most traditionally associated.You can opt to study for an ordinary degree, completing one year of this course or an honours degree, completing two. You will complete a range of modules each year as outlined below.

Year Three • Contemporary Scottish Theatre in Context • Devising Practices • Drama in Education • Performance Project • Designing a Research Project • Optional module Year Four • Creative Practice & Enterprise • Honours Study • Creative Learning and the Community • Optional module Optional modules change annually, but may include: • Playwriting • Site-Specific Performance • Site & Sound • Experiential Learning Placement • Devised Physical Theatre • Performance Art Practices • Theatre Laboratory Practices • Directing, Designing and Performing Shakespeare • Directing • Designing and Performing Contemporary Plays • Student Initiated Module The modules listed here are correct at time of posting (Feb 2022) but may differ slightly to those offered in 2023. Please check back here for any updates.