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Theatre [at] BrunelBA Theatre Single and Joint Honours
Admissions Tutor: Dr Broderick [email protected]
Head of Subject: Meretta [email protected]
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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.
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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.
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Theatre: from Greek ‘Theatron’place of seeing, Thea: to seeTheatre: a point of view
What is unique about Theatre?
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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?
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London Riots
Sprinter Usain Bolt
Senator WendyDavis’ filibuster
British House of Commons1834
But what about…?
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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…?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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
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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?
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• 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.
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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
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Any Questions? Contact Dr Broderick ChowBA Theatre Admissions [email protected] 65493
Follow us on Twitter: @bruneltheatre
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