Drama at the University of East Anglia has been ranked 2nd in the Guardian University Guide 2012, leaving other prestigious theatre and drama schools in its shadow.
Outshining the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in the Guardian University Guide 2012, the University’s Drama courses are renowned for their strong practical emphasis on all aspects of dramatic production, combined with the study of the theory, history and social significance of drama.
The undergraduate courses also offer students the chance to spend a period of time on placement with a professional company or venue (in fields such as TV, radio and film, as well as theatre), enhancing future employability and widening horizons.
Recent external assessments include the following comments: 'The Teaching Quality Assessment report highlights the "distinctiveness and diversity" of the programmes provided by Drama. The unit is small but makes use of this to ensure excellence in staff-student relations and delivery of the programmes; it is highly dynamic, witness the improving research profile and constant innovation in teaching'.
Drama teaching is centred in the professionally-equipped 200-seat Drama Studio. The Studio is a completely flexible theatre building which can be reconfigured to support end-stage, thrust, in-the-round, traverse or promenade performances. It houses excellent sound and video editing equipment and a small scenery workshop.
All Drama students are automatically members of the student run Minotaur Theatre Company and produce their own programme of work in the Studio and elsewhere, ranging from large-scale collaborations with the University Drama Society to experimental productions, cabarets and festivals of new writing. Recent student productions have fared very well at Edinburgh and the National Student Drama Festival.
Graduates of the University’s drama course have gone on to work in a wide variety of professions, as well as all aspects of theatre, television and film – as actors, writers, directors, technicians, managers and arts administrators.
There is a very high level of demand for places, high student satisfaction and excellent outcomes in terms both of degree results and employment statistics: drama graduates are high achievers, well-motivated and competent across a wide range of practical and intellectual skills. The department is recognised both by prospective entrants, and in the profession, as one of the leaders in the UK.
If you would like to find out more about our undergraduate and postgraduate drama courses please email admissions@uea.ac.uk or call us on +44 (0)1603 591515.
To visit the University and Drama Facilities, please register your place at one of our upcoming Undergraduate Open Days or Postgraduate Open Days.
For further details of our undergraduate drama courses, please see the pages for BA Drama, BA English Literature and Drama and BA Scriptwriting and Performance. For postgraduate, please see our MA courses page.
