Theatre [at] BrunelBA Theatre Single and Joint Honours

Admissions Tutor: Dr Broderick Chowbroderick.chow@brunel.ac.uk

Head of Subject: Meretta Elliottmeretta.elliott@brunel.ac.uk

To study Theatre at Brunel is to be engaged with the physical, theoretical, artistic, and digital boundaries of interaction and to explore performance in potentially radical and transformative ways.

Why Study Theatre?

• Both a scholarly humanities degree and a vocational one

• A creative course focused on the needs and realities of the growing creative industries

• The humanities are for life as well as work

• Because you love it.

Theatre: from Greek ‘Theatron’place of seeing, Thea: to seeTheatre: a point of view

What is unique about Theatre?

Jasmin Vardimon Company (Dance)

King Lear at Shakespeare’s Globe

Matilda: The Musical in the West End

Stand-up comedian Stewart Lee

What do you study?

London Riots

Sprinter Usain Bolt

Senator WendyDavis’ filibuster

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But what about…?

Brunel’s Theatre Degree has been designed from the ground up to respond to the needs of the industry.

At the heart of the course are our seven ‘skills’ strands.

• Acting• Applied Drama• Digital Performance• Directing• Musical Theatre• Physical Theatre• Playwriting

Modules are taught and led by specialists in the disciplines with industry experience.

How is the course designed…?

For us, practice and theory are not separate things.

Theory is taught in lecture-seminar based modules, including: Perspectives 1, 2, and 3, and How to Read a Play: Introduction to Dramatic Text.

Theories and perspectives of theatre are integrated in a holistic way within the practical modules.

What about theory?

Our unique and innovated personal tutoring system has become a celebrated model

• Perspectives seminar groups (8-10 students who you will work with throughout degree)

• Personal Tutors

• 15+ hours minimum contact time per week in the first year (usually much more)

• Funded theatre visits with the entire year group

How are students supported?

A typical first year for single honours students looks like:

CompulsoryPerspectives How to Read a PlayEnsemble Production

6 choices fromActing, Applied Drama, Digital Performance, Directing, Musical Theatre, Physical Theatre, Playwriting

What does a first-year set of modules look like?

Theatre[at]Brunel graduates are confident, resourceful individuals who have skills for life and work that come directly from studying theatre:

• Managing and delivering a project• Collaboration• Presentation• Written and verbal expression• Critical thinking• Creative thinking and creative

solutions for the creative economy

What do you do with a BA in Theatre?

Employability is central to the design of the BA programme:

• 2nd Year professional development ‘boot camp’

• Career-focused professional experience short placement

• Career advice & alumni guest speakers

• ArtsWork

• My Brunel HEAR – your own Higher Education Achievement Report (enhanced transcript).

•Ready for Work programme

Graduate Destinations Include:

• Acting and performance: on television (What Remains), at international festivals, and in the West End (The Book of Mormon)

• Creative, management, development and administrative positions within the theatre and creative industries: e.g. Youth Development Officer at the Roundhouse, Camden

• Education: as teachers, and educational officers within theatre companies and venues

• Community based careers in Applied Drama• Directing theatre companies or working as

solo artists (e.g. Brunel Drama graduate Bryony Kimmings)

• Numerous other career paths including marketing, design, journalism, radio production, presenting, political lobbying…No really, what EXACTLY can I do?

• State of the Art Facilities – one main house and three black-box studios

• Internationally renowned staff including practicing theatre artists

• West London location – great combination of campus university with a ‘village’ feel, and access to London’s cultural centres.

• Extracurricular activities: sport, Drama Soc and Musical Theatre Soc, numerous other societies, our popular arts@artaud nights.

What are we looking for in a Brunel Theatre BA student?• a passion for studying theatre and

performance both practically and theoretically

• a commitment to collaboration and teamwork

• a desire to work in the theatre or creative industries, or to use their creative skills in their career after graduation

• a keen watcher of theatre and performance, who is curious about all forms of art.

Our Typical Offer:ABB – BBB at A-Level orDDM at BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma or 32 Points at International Baccalaureate including Higher Level 5 in Theatre related subject or other equivalent

Demonstration of experience and passion for theatre in personal statement

Participation in a workshop based audition/selection day

Any Questions? Contact Dr Broderick ChowBA Theatre Admissions Tutorbroderick.chow@brunel.ac.uk018952 65493

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