Drama and Theatre Studies

Studying at Royal Holloway in one of the country's largest drama departments will develop your intellectual, practical, verbal, and written skills, while nurturing your interest in drama and the theatre.

This course encourages the practical engagement with performance texts to enhance your imaginative and analytical development, and it integrates theory and practice throughout.

During the first year you will be introduced to a range of practical and analytical skills. Building on this, you will participate in a performance research project in the second year and, in the third year, complete a substantial piece of work, which may be a dissertation, a group production, or another independent learning project. In addition to these core subjects, you will be able to choose from a wide range of elective units, all taught by staff with specialist expertise.

Stage one

Students must take the following mandatory courses

• DT1100 Theatre & Performance Making (1 unit)
• DT1200 Theatre & Text (1 unit)
• DT1300 Theatre & Culture (1 unit)
• DT1400 Theatre & Ideas (1 unit)
• DT1100 must be passed in order to progress to the second stage.

Stage two

Students must take the following mandatory courses

• DT2100 Theatre & Performance Making 2 (1 unit)
• DT2200 Theatre & Text 2 (1 unit)
• DT2300 Theatre & Culture 2 (1 unit)
• DT2400 Theatre & Ideas 2 (1 unit) 

Stage three

Students must take the following mandatory courses

• DT3100 Methods & Processes (1 unit) DT3201/DT3202/DT3203
• Final Year Project (1 unit) DT3301/DT3302/DT3303
• Research Seminar (1 unit)
• DT3400 Culture & Creativity (1 unit)

Requirements

• Requires first year of University completed or A-Levels, IB, or Foundation course for university entry.
• IELTS 6.5 overall

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Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.

• ✔️ Flexible study schedule
• ✔️ Experienced teachers
• ✔️ Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

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Scholarships

• International Excellence Scholarships
• Royal Holloway Bursaries
• Global Education