Programme summary for MA Theatre Directing
About the programme
This programme combines academic study with a practice-based approach to performance. In collaboration with our MA Acting, you will produce, perform and direct a range of work while undergoing a professional programme in actor training. The programme benefits from visiting practitioners, both directors and actors, who deliver modules and give master classes.
Programme structure
The MA Theatre Directing is offered both full- and part-time. Teaching is usually in the evenings and on occasional Saturdays.
Students take one or two modules a semester and there is a dissertation project to be taken over the final semester.
MA Theatre Directing students work in close collaboration with the MA Acting students throughout their programme.
Career opportunities
This programme will equip you with both the theoretical knowledge and the practical skills required to work as a stage actor. Through the involvement of working professionals, you will be provided with the means to both produce your own work and find work in the wider arena.
You will be assigned your own professional mentor to help you build a personal network in the profession following your graduation. In addition, the Staging Performance module is mentored by a theatre company, which provides you with access to entry-level ways of performing your own work and an understanding of the funding system for the arts in general.
Support
The programme leader and other staff teaching on this programme will provide academic guidance and supervision throughout the period of study. Advice will be available from administrative staff in the School and the University on accommodation, finance, etc. Pre-sessional and sessional language support may be provided where necessary. Students will have access to the University library and facilities.
All students will be offered a professional mentor to guide them through their studies and onto the next phase of their career development.
Admission
Admission to the programme is by interview. Graduates are usually expected to have gained a 2:1 in their undergraduate degree. Special provision is made for international students who are unable to come to the UK for an interview. All international students will be required to have an IELTS score of 7 with an average of 6 in all sectors.
Key facts
You can start many programmes in either September or February and applications are simple to make. Click below to:
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Tuition Fees - 2013/14
Home/EU Fees
- Module fee: £1,100
- Full time fee: £6,600 per yr
International Fees
- Module fee: £1,770
- Full time fee: £10,620 per yr
Fees based on 30 credit modules (unless otherwise indicated) For further information regarding postgraduate fees please refer to www.uel.ac.uk/fees/
