Theatre and English with Placement Year

About this programme

The Theatre and English BA at Brunel is a practical and academic course that provides you with the opportunity to tailor your studies according to your interests. For 2025/2026, we have transformed our curriculum to offer exciting and cutting-edge perspectives in both Theatre and English. There is a range of optional modules in both disciplines from which you can choose as you develop as a creative. On the theatre side of your degree, you’ll develop creative skills in a range of practices such as acting, performance making, and musical theatre, and critically think about performances and their contexts. On the English side, you will become proficient in working with literary and rhetorical texts, engage in debates about the meaning and role of literature and interrogate a range of novels, stories, and poetry. You'll benefit from instruction by internationally renowned industry professionals and academics within specialist facilities. Teaching faculty have worked with prestigious organizations and performing arts venues such as Barbican Theatre, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Tate Modern, and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London and Lincoln Centre in NYC. These industry links will support you throughout your journey at Brunel and beyond, for example through industry placements, guest speakers, and access to industry networks. Students from the course have completed placements in a variety of organisations including the London’s Park Theatre, Rose Wisksteed Casting, The Vaults, Unicorn Theatre, Icarus Theatre Company, and the Grieg City Academy.