Screenwriting and Theatre, Acting & Performance

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Theatre, Acting & Performance and Screenwriting

BA (Hons)

Take the opportunity to explore and try your hand at different writing and performance styles and develop your unique creative voice. From physical theatre to developing a feature film, you’ll have the freedom to discover what storytelling means to you.

UCAS Code: WW48

Joint Honours

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At Worcester, you’ll be learning in our state-of-the-art drama studios, fully equipped with lighting, sound, video and projection facilities. You’ll learn from industry professionals and have your writing reviewed by experienced writers.

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Overview

Immerse yourself in the creative world of performance and storytelling as you combine Theatre, Acting & Performance with Screenwriting. This joint honours course will give you a balance of working practically, watching and reading published works and exploring what makes them successful, whilst learning how to write your stories in the formats used by professionals. You’ll explore various writing styles, become an expert in communicating character, context and direction. Benefit from the experience of being a performer and understanding the intentions behind a screenplay. This will help you in produce your own performances, and ensure your ideas translate as intended between page to stage.

Behind the scenes, you’ll learn about lighting and sound design and have access to theatre-specific programmes like Qlab, to practice designing a lighting and sound set-up for live performance. Experience performing in a variety of spaces, from our studios to location spaces such as nightclubs, disused churches, festivals, outdoor spaces and gardens. You’ll also have the chance to attend ‘Scratch nights’, where performers test out their new work on a live audience, watch live performances and work with award winning theatre companies, such as Vamos and Talawa.

With Screenwriting, you’ll read the screenplays of successful and well-known films and analyse what makes them successful at visual storytelling and providing direction to actors and directors as they bring the screenplay to life. You’ll explore different examples of how screenplays have adapted books, factual events and plays into new visual formats, and experience writing your own screenplays.

Placements

In your third year, you will have the option to complete our work experience module with options to try various theatre-related roles, including stage management, theatre in education, arts marketing and acting.

Our students have attended many successful professional placements including:

Mask workshops with Vamos Theatre

Stage management for Malvern Theatres

Acted for Reaction Theatre Makers

Supporting youth and community groups

For some students, this module leads to a career with their placement organisation.

Course content

The mix of mandatory and optional modules available are designed to provide you with the flexibility to choose your focus and tailor your degree to your interests. You’ll develop the foundations of screenwriting and styles of acting in your first year before having the opportunity to develop a specialism or experiment with different forms of writing and performance to find your niche.

We regularly review our courses to reflect the latest research and developments in the subject area, as well as feedback from students, employers and the wider sector. As a result, modules may change to ensure the course remains current and relevant.

Optional modules will run if enough students choose to study them. It is not guaranteed that all modules will be offered every year.

Year 1 Mandatory modules

Plays in Performance

Devising & Physical Theatre

Scriptwriting: Ideas and Development

Story Design and Analysis

The course provides you with opportunities to attend talks by guest lecturers and meet people who are working within theatre and screenwriting, so you can learn about the variety of roles available to you within the creative industries, and gain an idea of the different paths you can take after graduating.

Through your modules and assignments, you’ll develop your confidence, communication, leadership and teamworking skills, along with industry specific skills such as the technical knowledge behind producing a performance and knowing how to pitch story ideas to investors. Combined with your portfolio of work you’ll have built-up throughout your three years, you’ll have the knowledge and skills to progress into a variety of careers within the ever-expanding digital arts, film, television and arts industries.

The University is surrounded by an active arts community, such as Worcester Theatres, Malvern Theatres, Saucy, Severn Arts, Litfest & Fringe and the alumni founded Speak Volumes festival. Alongside your course, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with the local arts community, get involved with projects, showcase your work and build your network.

Our graduates go on to work in theatre, TV, radio and film. They have often set up their own business, for example as touring theatre companies or drama education providers.

Our graduates have also gone on to have successful careers in:

Performing

Stage management

Directing

Script editing and development

Arts organisations

Course highlights

Earn as you learn

You'll get the opportunity to take part in paid performance projects. Our students have performed commissioned theatre productions for schools and delivered drama workshops for children and community groups.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching and assessments are informed by the industry experience of our lectures and are designed to provide you with chances to explore various styles and processes to prepare you for a career in the arts.

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Programme specification

You'll be taught through a combination of practical workshops, lectures, seminars and peer review sessions. The course aims to teach theory through practice so your practical work is integrated with reference to relevant texts and journals and lectures providing a context for each module.

Meet our Theatre and Screenwriting lecturers

Dr Zoe Lewis

Dr Zoe Lewis is a professional playwright and director/screenwriter, with credits including writing and directing award-nominated short films. She previously won the North-West young playwrights award. Her academic work includes From Art to Belief, research into the connection between playwriting in partnership with young people of low-opportunity.

Alison Reeves

Alison Reeves’ main teaching specialisms are Applied Theatre and Theatre in Education.

Her most recent productions are an updated version of Euripides’ The Trojan Women and an adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories which toured to local arts venues with invited primary school audiences.

Dr Ildikó Rippel

Ildikó is a performer, writer and lecturer. She is co-founder and artistic director of Anglo-German performance company Zoo Indigo, devising autobiographical performance that engages with social and political themes of gender, cultural identity, displacement and migration. Zoo Indigo’s work combines dark humour, song and multimedia in a postmodern and kaleidoscopic approach, producing politically charged performances.

Simon Bovey

Simon's experience is diverse, ranging from animation and regional theatre, to radio and award winning films. His work as writer and director has received international success through both short and feature films. He is an established writer for the BBC with a significant body of broadcast work including Doctors for BBC1; drama and period thrillers for Radio 4 and three science fiction series for Radio 4 Extra.

Entry requirements

UCAS tariff points required: 104Typical Offer

Qualification

BTEC National Extended Diploma

We do accept Access to HE Diplomas and other qualifications which may not exactly match the combinations above. Work out your estimated points with the UCAS tariff calculator.

Mature students

If you will be over the age of 21 at the beginning of your undergraduate study, you are considered a mature student. At Worcester this means our offer may be different, taking into account any work or life experiences you have, alongside any qualifications you hold.

If you’re unsure whether you meet certain requirements you can email our admission team admissions@worc.ac.uk or contact the course Admissions Tutor.

International students

If English is not your first language you will need to show that you have language skills at IELTS level 6.0 (with no skill below 5.5) or equivalent.

For country specific information see our international student pages.

Any questions?

If you have any questions about entry requirements, please call our Admissions Office on 01905 855111 or email admissions@worc.ac.uk.

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UK and EU students

The standard fee for full-time home and EU undergraduate students on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees in the academic year 2027/28 is £10,050 per year.

Tuition fees are reviewed annually and may increase each year for both new and continuing students.

more details on course fees, please visit our course fees page.

The standard tuition fee for full-time international students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees in the academic year 2027/28 is £17,700 per year.

How to apply

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Applying through UCAS

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undergraduate courses in the UK.

Read our how to apply pages for more information on the application process, or if you’d

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If you have any questions, please get in touch. We're here to help you every step of the way.

Course leader for the BA Theatre, Acting and Performancei.rippel@worc.ac.uk

Admissions Officeadmissions@worc.ac.uk01905 855111

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Key facts

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Start date and location

Sep 2027 - Worcester

UK and EU £10,050

International £17,700

3 years full-time (part-time option available)

Placement available

Study abroad available

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