Acting and Performance with Creative Writing BA(Hons)

About the course

You have a love of the stage and performing arts, and you also want to explore your own writing.

Whether you’re working on a drama or film script, or you’d like to write fiction, non-fiction or poetry, this course combines creative writing with acting and performance to enable you to indulge both interests.

You’ll develop your writing skills and techniques along the way, and you’ll be encouraged to do so across a range of creative media, including theatre, film, television, radio, fiction and poetry.

In your creative writing modules, you’ll be working with tutors who are all published and performed writers.

You’ll also have the chance to understand what makes great writing, which could be invaluable in your own work, and help you find a career in a wealth of professions.

Why study Acting and Performance with Creative Writing BA(Hons)

We’re ranked 27th in the world for ‘Performing Arts’ QS World University Rankings 2023.

On the course, you’ll enjoy guest appearances from those in the industry; past students have met the likes of Professor Sir Patrick Stewart, Natalie Gavin, John Britton, Nicolás Núñez, Chloe Beale, Nicci Topping, Anna Helena McLean, and David Crowley.

This is a production-based programme, which features visits from practitioners and residencies from internationally known companies, including Slung Low, IOU Productions and Northern Broadsides. Via the Yorkshire Film and Television School, here at Huddersfield, you can also collaborate with fellow actors, screenwriters, film makers and costume designers to create a major performance.

You can get involved, too, with the award-winning Huddersfield Literature Festival: past students have gained experience in festival planning, programming, curating, and stewarding.

If you’re keen to pursue a career in drama, this Acting and Performance degree will provide the foundations for a potentially fruitful career in the theatre, film, or TV industries.

You may go on to write creatively for contemporary theatre, perhaps, or further your studies in English, literature, or English and drama studies. You might also opt to go into theatre technology, stage production, or another related area.

Entry requirements

If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.5 overall with no element lower than 6.0, or equivalent will be considered acceptable. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our International Entry Requirements page.

Other suitable experience or qualifications will be considered. For further information please see the University's minimum entry requirements.

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