BA (Hons) Drama, Theatre and Performing Arts

Your future

The School of Arts works hard to maintain strong relationships with professionals and venues, helping to launch your career in the creative and cultural industries. You’ll be taught by leading actors, comedians and makers with first-hand experience of what it takes to carve out a successful career in the arts. Their continued involvement in the industry will help you as you start to build your own network.

Our graduates have developed careers as: journalists, authors, literary managers, directors, performers, scriptwriters for television, stand-up comedians, casting agents, event managers, arts administrators, community theatre officers for local councils, and drama teachers.

Some recent graduate success stories include:

• Little Bulb theatre company win an Olivier award
• Kyrah Gray performs stand-up at the O2
• Ben Langley stars in US TV series American Gods
• Laura Lexx appears on Mock the Week
• Mimi Findlay, Executive Director at the Bush Theatre London
• Deirdre O’Halloran, literary manager at the Bush Theatre as it wins ‘Theatre of the Year’ in 2023 
• Faith Austin, Technical Production Manager at the Barbican.