Drama and Film

Drama and film together address some of the most powerful ways in which human beings make sense of their experience and communicate it to others. Drama is the art of live performance: it engages with character, narrative, space, and the relationship between performers and their audience. Film extends those concerns into the recorded moving image, bringing together visual storytelling, editing, sound, and the industrial structures of production and distribution.

Studying them together lets you explore how different performance and screen arts traditions have developed, how they borrow from and influence one another, and what each can tell us about culture and society.

The three-year full-time Drama and Film programme at the University of Kent develops both your practical skills and your critical thinking, covering a wide range of subjects and allowing you to explore your own creative style and artistic ambitions in the visual and performing arts. You will study theatre history, dramatic theory, screen studies, and film form alongside practical work in performance, directing, and production. The programme draws on exceptional teaching and industry links, and is designed to help you launch a career in the creative industries with both a strong portfolio of practical work and the analytical and intellectual tools to articulate what you do and why.

With a typical entry tariff of 120 points, the programme welcomes students who bring creative curiosity alongside academic potential. Kent's location in the South East, with good access to London, places you within reach of one of the world's great theatre and film production communities.

Graduates from drama and film programmes work as directors, producers, performers, screenwriters, arts administrators, drama teachers, and in film and television production roles. Many also pursue careers in community arts, arts journalism, cultural policy, or postgraduate study in film, theatre, or creative writing.