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Full time | Mile End | 1 year | 16-SEP-24

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

16-SEP-24

Key information
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Qualification type

MA - Master of Arts

Subject areas

Theatre & Dramatic Arts

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

MA Theatre and Performance supports postgraduate research and practice in experimental theatre, socially engaged performance, live art, relational and participatory arts, and activism. Students will be enabled to understand, challenge and make theatre and performance as technologies for intervening in the most pressing issues of our time: of gender, sexual, racial or class identity; protest, activism and direct action; and change towards climate and social justice.

Our Theatre and Performance MA programme encourages you to explore your own ideas in depth and build a body of original, thought-provoking work. A key benefit of the programme is its flexibility: across compulsory and optional modules, you can develop your interests in both theoretical and practical projects to advance your career.

We balance rigorous theoretical and historical exploration with experimental performance practice. You will work with our internationally respected academic staff and attend lectures, workshops, and mentoring sessions with visiting artists throughout your studies, building your professional network in the process. In recent years our MA has hosted a wide range of high-profile artists, including Stacy Makishi, Peggy Shaw and Manuel Vason among others.

Assessment

You will normally be assessed by a combination of essay, of about 3,500 words, and a presentation for each seminar-based module you take, a combination of a performance project and portfolio documentation for practice-based modules and either the written dissertation of 12,000-15,000 words or the practice-based dissertation with a 5,000 word critical analysis and documentation of practice-based research.

Career paths

We train scholar-artists who can pursue a wide range of careers: we prepare you for research degrees in theatre and performance, help you to develop your own work as an artist or prepare you for a role in the cultural and creative industries, or in a range of other creative professions.

Past students have gone on to roles such as digital marketing officer, freelance director’s assistant and associate lecturer.

Modules

This independent research project culminates in a dissertation of 12,000-15,000 words. Working with the support of a supervisor, students pursue their own independent investigation of the theory and practice of performance. Research development is also encouraged by a dissertation colloquium in late May/early June, in which students present their research in progress and receive feedback from academic staff and other graduate students. Recent dissertation topics have included studies of illness and performance, performance and second language acquisition, the performance of rural spaces and identities, contemporary performance and relational aesthetics, circus performance in Victorian Britain, cultural value and performance and performance and social conflict.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£11,950

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£24,000

Entry requirements

Students need to have 2:1 or above at undergraduate level in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, English, History of Art, Fine Art or a related subject .

University information

Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) is an internationally regarded public research institution based in London. It has a long history, dating back over 230 years, and is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of universities. Queen Mary has five campuses in the city of London and an international network of satellite campuses in China, Malta, Paris and Singapore. There is a population of around 16,000 students at the London campuses and...more