Theatre Studies
Theatre and Performance Studies at Warwick
Warwick offers the chance to study a BA in Theatre and Performance Studies in a stimulating and creative environment. We currently have 10 full- time members of staff, employ a range of subject specialists and have an average undergraduate intake of 40 students a year. Our staff-student ratio is outstanding. Our new studio facilities at Millburn House offer the best possible environment to support creative practice.
Our research in theatre and performance is classed as internationally significant and we are consistently ranked in national newspapers as one of the very top departments in the UK. Our options and core courses are taught by acknowledged experts in their fields, with particular areas of interest in theatre and performance history and historiography; national and intercultural theatres and performance evolving from the city, public events and experiments with new technologies. We benefit from a wealth of theatrical activity within easy reach of the campus. In particular, the University is home to the Warwick Arts Centre, which includes two theatres and offers an exciting programme of theatre, dance, music, comedy, literature, films and visual art.
Our research in theatre and performance is classed as internationally significant and we are consistently ranked in national newspapers as one of the very top departments in the UK. Our options and core courses are taught by acknowledged experts in their fields, with particular areas of interest in theatre and performance history and historiography; national and intercultural theatres and performance evolving from the city, public events and experiments with new technologies. We benefit from a wealth of theatrical activity within easy reach of the campus. In particular, the University is home to the Warwick Arts Centre, which includes two theatres and offers an exciting programme of theatre, dance, music, comedy, literature, films and visual art.
The Times University Guide 2012 ranks Warwick as the best in the UK for Theatre Studies and singles out Warwick’s Theatre, Film and Television Studies departments as a “Creative powerhouse”.
The 2012 Complete University Guide to the UK's 116 universities has ranked Warwick in first place for subjects covering Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies.
News:
'Kate Watson, a Theatre and Performance Studies finalist, has won a prestigious competition organised by B-HIVE (http://bhive-creative.com/
) to gain paid work experience in the creative industries at Birmingham NEC'.
1st year - Emer McDaid received support from Lord Rootes to fund a trip TO Sri Lanka, where she will create an aural and visual exhibition documenting the impact of the Tsunami in 2002.
Links:
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