Theatre & Performance, BA (Hons)

Course summary

Our BA Theatre and Performance degree will prepare and inspire you for a career in the creative industries. You’ll learn the skills needed for developing and staging performances, and also explore the many cultural and political questions being raised in contemporary theatre. Develop your knowledge as a theatre-maker and scholar, and learn how to make creative practice with a purpose. Across your degree, you’ll explore how directors, designers, writers, technicians and other theatre-makers respond to and shape our rapidly changing world, and develop your ability to make politically engaged and creatively ambitious performance. You'll encounter a range of contemporary performance practices and develop your creative confidence and ‘voice’ through experimentation and exploration in our purpose-built, industry-standard Minghella Studios. You'll have access to three flexible theatre spaces, a multi-camera film and TV studio, a digital cinema, and a dedicated recording studio and mixing suite. For more information, please visit the programme page: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/film-and-television-ug/ba-theatre

Modules

The following modules have been approved in principle for delivery in 2025/26. Please note that as part of our current curriculum improvement process, all modules require final University approval and may be subject to change. Core modules for this course:

• Analysing Theatre and Performance

• Radical Forms in Theatre and Performance

• Introduction to Scriptwriting

• Community and Collaborative Performance Practices

• Advanced Theatre-making Project

The University cannot guarantee that all optional modules will be available to all students who may wish to take them. Further information about the content of final approved modules will be available in the summer of 2024. We suggest that you regularly revisit our course page during this time to ensure you have the most up-to-date information regarding the modules offered on this programme. Check our website for more details about the course structure.

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The following modules have been approved in principle for delivery in 2025/26. Please note that as part of our current curriculum improvement process, all modules require final University approval and may be subject to change. Core modules for this course:

• Analysing Theatre and Performance

• Radical Forms in Theatre and Performance

• Introduction to Scriptwriting

• Community and Collaborative Performance Practices

• Advanced Theatre-making Project

The University cannot guarantee that all optional modules will be available to all students who may wish to take them. Further information about the content of final approved modules will be available in the summer of 2024. We suggest that you regularly revisit our course page during this time to ensure you have the most up-to-date information regarding the modules offered on this programme. Check our website for more details about the course structure.