Drama & Theatre - BA (Hons)

Liverpool Hope University

Explore theatre and performance in the heart of the city of Liverpool. Learn about the origins of current practices and develop your hands-on skills in making new work.Liverpool Hope’s creative community is internationally renowned and world-leading in drama research and practice. You will develop your acting and directing skills, your ability to facilitate drama sessions and your devising skills, as well as improving your critical writing skills. We make full use of the many theatre venues in Liverpool, from the traditional Everyman/Playhouse to the experimental Tate Liverpool, as well as our own Capstone Theatre and several well-equipped studio theatre spaces dedicated for student use.Throughout your time at Liverpool Hope, you will be asked to explore performance in relation to historical and contemporary social and ethical contexts, helping you to understand the critical place of the performing arts in 21st-century society. Our motto is to ‘educate in the round’, meaning you will develop aesthetic and social skills designed to equip you with the skills to become a potential future leader in the subject of drama. At Hope we produce graduates ready to make a difference in the world.CareersThere is a range of career opportunities available to Drama and Theatre graduates. For many of our students, their degree will lead to a PGCE, and a rewarding career in teaching. Other graduates choose to work with young people or communities across a range of settings, as applied drama practitioners in the areas of youth work, addiction and recovery, and theatre-in-education. For some, professional training in dramatherapy will offer a pathway to using healing aspects of drama as part of the therapeutic process. Many of our graduates take up front-line roles across the creative industries as actors, performance-makers, stage-managers, writers, and directors. Some choose to form their own theatre companies, creating touring or site-specific performances across the UK. Jobs in creative development, audience engagement, and arts management are also exciting destinations for graduates. Or, if you wish, a Drama degree equips you to take up the challenge of postgraduate study.

School of Creative and Performing Arts