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BA Acting and Performance

University of Reading

Institution
University of Reading
Level
undergraduate
Subject
BA Acting and Performance
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
W410
Typical offer
A-level ABB, IB 32

Entry requirements

A level: ABB IB: 32 points overall

About this course

BA in Performance and Design for Theatre and Screen. Core topics include Programming. Students spend 70% of their time on practice-focused modules and produce a final-year production directed by a professional, performed for a public audience. The department subscribes to the BAFTA Albert sustainability scheme.

Modules

  • Introduction to Acting 2: Text and Performance
  • Devising Performance
  • Analysing Theatre and Performance
  • Staging Texts: Production Skills, Design and Performance
  • Introduction to Scriptwriting
  • Identity, Performance and Culture
  • Directing and Dramaturgy
  • Acting for Screen
  • Performance Production
  • Reworking Shakespeare in Performance
  • Documentary
  • Final Production (Acting)
  • The Professional Actor: Stage and Screen
  • Musical Theatre
  • Set Design
  • Adaptations across Stage and Screen
  • Scriptwriting for Stage and Screen
  • Screen Bodies
  • Film Programming and Film Festivals