Drama and Musical Theatre

Drama and Musical Theatre is a degree for students who want to develop as performers and creative practitioners across the range of forms that live performance takes. Drama provides grounding in the traditions of theatrical text, staging, devising, and critical understanding of the history and theory of theatre. Musical theatre demands an additional range of skills, integrating vocal performance, movement and dance with acting to produce the multi-disciplinary artistry that the form requires.

Studying them together gives you breadth as a performer and versatility as a creative professional in a sector where adaptability is among the most valued qualities.

At Liverpool Hope University, this three-year full-time programme places you in one of the great cities of British music and performance culture. Liverpool's history with music, theatre and popular culture gives the subject a vivid local context, and the city's active performance scene provides direct engagement with the professional world from the start of your studies. You will develop your skills in acting, voice, movement and musical theatre repertoire alongside the critical and historical understanding of drama that all serious practitioners need.

A sandwich year gives you extended professional experience before your final year, and a year abroad and work placement are also available, widening your perspective and professional network.

Graduates of Drama and Musical Theatre programmes pursue careers as performers in theatre, musical theatre, and increasingly in film, television, and digital content. Many work across several performance areas simultaneously, reflecting the portfolio career pattern that is typical of professional life in the performing arts. Others move into directing, teaching, theatre education, arts administration, casting, community arts, and the broader creative industries.

Postgraduate study in performance, directing, or musical theatre is available for those who want to deepen their training.