If you want a career in theatre and media, this versatile drama degree will provide the right balance of theory and practice you need. You can study drama across a range of media, forms and genres.
Essential Info
The inclusive approach offered in this drama degree will enable you to sample and develop a broad range of performance and production skills. You will be introduced to live performance and theatre, and drama as a vital form of film, television and radio.
This drama degree focuses on the relationship between theoretical understanding, knowledge of contexts and histories, and practical experience. Each year, you will study a module that explores major ideas and developments that have influenced drama, theatre and performance. This will strengthen your work in practice-based modules, where you can study performing, devising, directing, scriptwriting, design and technical theatre.
In years two and three of your drama degree, you can select specialist areas to focus on, including applied drama, studio theatre production, scriptwriting, theatre acting, or a dissertation in a subject of your choice.
Our drama degree course is supported by a wide variety of extracurricular activities, including public productions, student festivals and a campus radio station.
Did you know?
We have a bilingual pathway available in this course. Find out more. Darperir llwybr dwyieithog o’r cwrs hwn, i wybod mwy, cer i.
5 Days of Drama Festival
The 5 Days of Theatre festival is an annual event at the Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries that provides third year BA (Hons) Drama (Theatre and Media) students with a platform for their final assessed performances. The shows attract sizeable audiences from both inside and outside the university.
Last year’s 5 Days of Theatre Festival took place at the ATRiuM campus in April 2011, with almost 100 students taking part in 17 productions.
Watch the 5 Days of Theatre 2011 showreel below.
News and Events
Read all the latest news stories involving students and staff from the Division of Drama at our Drama News and Events page.
What You Will Study
The following modules are available on the BA (Hons) Theatre and Drama award:
Year One
Introduction to Drama, Performance and Media
Theatre Practice 1
Technology and Performance
Text and Performance Analysis: methods and vocabularies
Year Two
Themes in Drama
Theatre Practice 2
Specialist Elective 1
Scriptwriting (Theatre, TV, Radio)
Improvisation and Role Play
Directing
Technical Theatre
Professional Practice and Arts Organisation
Big Picture, Small Screen
Year Three
Performance and Society
Drama Dissertation
Studio Theatre Production
Applied Drama
Scriptwriting 2 (Theatre, TV and Radio)
Directed Theatre Production: Design and Technology
Directed Theatre Production: Performance
Directed Theatre Production: Producing and Marketing
Specialist Elective 1
Specialist Elective 2
The Sundance Generation: British and North American Independent Cinema
Africa on Screen
How You Will Study
You will have a practical and theoretical approach to learning. In practice-based modules, you will study key concepts and issues. In modules looking at the contexts and histories of drama, you can try out ideas in practice. You will be introduced to drama across a range of media, including theatre, film, television and radio.
Prospects
Possible Career Options
Drama (Theatre and Media) graduates follow a wide range of careers. Many enter the media entertainment industries, while others enter the teaching profession or other areas of public service. The flexible nature of the course ensures you have a great deal of transferable experience that will enhance your employability.
