MA Theatre Directing

If you want to pursue a professional career as a theatre director, underpinned by a clear intellectual understanding of your practice, then our exceptional and practical MA course is ideally suited to you. It provides an opportunity to develop your directing practice through active engagement with critical thinking so that you will have the tools to become an independent creative artist in the industry.

• Director and the Text (Core)
• Devised Project (Core)
• Contemporary Performance Making (Core)
• Research Methods in Creative Practice (Core)
• Performance Platform (Core)
• Mental Wealth: Professional Life – Performance Praxis (Core)

Employability:

The work you will be doing with theatre professionals and the constructive help and advice you will receive from professional actors throughout your course is all geared towards helping you establish yourself in the industry. Your final degree show will act as your showcase to attract agents and develop your professional networks. By having your own mentor in the last six months of your course, you will not only gain important insight and advice about the technical aspects of acting but you will receive invaluable help in developing important contacts.