Contemporary Theatre and Performance

About this course

Contemporary theatre and performance is a discipline that takes seriously the full range of what live performance can be in the twenty-first century, moving well beyond the conventions of text-based drama to encompass physical theatre, devised work, site-specific performance, interdisciplinary practice, digital performance and performance art. It is concerned with performance as a mode of inquiry as much as a form of entertainment, asking what theatre and performance can do, what questions they can raise and what kinds of encounter between performers and audiences are possible when the form itself is treated as open rather than fixed. This three-year full-time degree at the University of the Arts London includes a sandwich year with a work placement, giving you professional experience in the performance or creative industries sector as part of the programme. You will develop as a creati

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