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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Southend Campus
Full Time
OCT-25
3 Years
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Southend Campus
Full Time
OCT-25
3 Years
East 15 Acting Schools BA Physical Theatre course is for actors who want to specialise in a world of physical and visual performance beyond traditional theatre and television. We combine dynamic, exciting acting training with devised and ensemble work, offering all you would expect from a traditional British drama school coupled with modern European performance methodologies. We are looking for actors and performance makers who are passionate about physical performance, creating new work and re-imagining traditional text whilst working in parallel with the traditional intellectual approach to acting.You acquire a wide skills base by experiencing areas such as aerial circus, devised storytelling, mask, mime, puppetry and clowning. This is underpinned by a core training in acting, voice, singing and movement, enabling you to create challenging new shows and to re-imagine traditional pieces for public performance.In addition to working as actors and performers on stage, film and television in the UK and across the world, BA Physical Theatre graduates have worked as puppeteers, aerial specialists, street and clown performers, and have set up their own theatre companies creating and touring new work including the award winning ‘Outbound Project, ‘Ditto, ‘Moth Physical Theatre and ‘Project Lockout.Graduates are currently performing in ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, ‘Life of Pi, ‘War Horse and ‘A Comedy About a Bank Robbery and work with companies such as the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, The Globe, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Told By an Idiot, Improbable, Les Enfant Terribles, Tangled Feet, Tall Stories, Graeae, La Fura Dels Baus, Theatre Royal – Stratford, the Barbican, Contact Theatre and the National Theatre of Scotland.
Exam type
A levelA level:
EE Grades / Points required
UCAS Tariff:
32 Grades / Points required
Access to HE Diploma:
P:45 Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
PPP Grades / Points required
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
to include a minimum of 2 full A-levels or equivalent
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Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Students living in
Domestic
£9,535 per year
Students from Domestic
Additional costs for materials and field trips of up to approximately £650 per academic year.
£21,525 per year
Students from EU
Additional costs for materials and field trips of up to approximately £650 per academic year.
£21,525 per year
Students from International
Additional costs for materials and field trips of up to approximately £650 per academic year.
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