Collaborate with other students to deliver performance projects, ranging from mainstream popular practices to experimental, small-scale fringe work. Your learning of theatre-making and performance is grounded in research, so your creative practice is both entertaining and meaningful.

 

During each year, you’ll have a balanced mix of practical and theoretical scholarly work. In the first year, you’ll work together on the fundamentals of theatre practice, including voice, movement, acting, and devising. In the second year, you’ll specialise in drama, musical theatre, or production. And in your final year, you’ll work with other students to refine your specialisation, culminating in a major academic project. Stage public performances of many theatre forms at different locations—be it our White Swan studios, Portsmouth’s 700-seat Victorian New Theatre Royal mainstage, local schools, heritage sites, or even the beach.

 

On this course, you'll have chances to work in various theatre industry positions besides acting and dramaturgy. These can include teaching, activism, marketing management, publishing, and customer service roles.

 

At Portsmouth, studying Theatre empowers you to build your own career as a freelance theatre practitioner or in related careers—driven by the fervour of those who love the performing arts.

 

Why study Theatre at Portsmouth?

• Learn from experienced professionals and researchers and collaborate with your peers to create innovative and thought-provoking work
• Gain a solid foundation in the fundamentals of theatre practice, including voice, movement, acting, and devising
• Devise your performances in our flagship White Swan Studios and Portsmouth's Victorian theatre, New Theatre Royal
• Develop your critical thinking and analytical skills through theoretical modules
• Specialise in drama, musical theatre, or production in your second year
• Work on a major project in your third year that will showcase your skills and knowledge in your chosen specialisation
• Have the opportunity to perform your work in a public setting
• Develop the skills you need to succeed in a range of careers in the theatre industry