Theatre and English with Placement Year

Theatre and English is a combination that asks you to engage with storytelling, language and performance from both a practical and an analytical perspective. Theatre encompasses the making and study of live performance, from dramatic text and direction to design, devising and the history of theatrical traditions across cultures. English brings close reading, literary history and critical theory, asking how written language constructs meaning, shapes experience and participates in broader cultural and political life.

Together they develop a graduate who can both make work and think rigorously about it.

At Brunel University London you will follow this four-year full-time programme, which includes a placement year giving you the opportunity to gain substantial professional experience in a relevant field. The course is practical and academic in equal measure, and you will have the freedom to shape your studies according to your interests, whether that means directing your energy towards performance practice, dramaturgy, literary analysis or some combination of all three. Brunel's location in London means you study within reach of one of the world's most active theatrical cultures, with access to major producing venues, fringe theatre and the broader creative industries that intersect with both theatre and English.

The typical entry tariff for this programme is around 104 UCAS points.

You will develop skills in performance, critical analysis, research, writing and collaborative creative work that are transferable across a wide range of professional contexts. Graduates of theatre and English programmes move into theatre-making, arts administration, teaching, dramaturgy, writing, journalism, community arts, heritage and cultural policy. The placement year is a significant asset, providing professional grounding and contacts that many graduates draw on when entering the industry.

Postgraduate study in drama, theatre studies, English literature, creative writing or education is a further route for those who wish to pursue research or specialist training.