Drama and Theatre

About this programme

BA Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway is about more than the stage. You’ll study how performance engages with big ideas like identity, politics, power, and protest. Learn to analyse, question, and make theatre that responds to the world around you. Balancing creative practice with critical thinking, this degree equips you to grow as a confident, versatile artist – on stage and beyond. In your first year at Royal Holloway, you’ll take part in our Skills Lab module, designed to give you career-focused learning from the start. You’ll take part in skills workshops by staff from across the university, on topics ranging from careers and academic skills to technical theatre and digital performance. In your final year, you’ll apply your skills in industry-focused modules like Radio Drama and Theatre for Young People. These help you reflect critically and prepare for your next steps. Launch your career in areas such as theatre, TV, education, arts management, cultural policy, and teaching. We sometimes make changes to our courses to improve your experience. If this happens, we’ll let you know as soon as possible. Students will be introduced to a wide range of performance making skills and disciplines, providing a toolbox for generating creative work across the degree. Students will explore ways that stories have been and can be told in different forms of plays and performances, developing both analytical and creative skills in telling the stories they want to tell. Students explore the relationship between performance and place – which could be anything from site-specific w