Theatre Study Guide 2025/26
What you can study
Theatre and performance studies at Bristol is distinctive for blending study of historical contexts and theoretical perspectives with practice-based activities and investigations. You'll study with innovative and enthusiastic pioneers in everything from Shakespeare to contemporary performance practices, and use our two in-house theatres for your presentations. Bristol is an exciting place to be a theatre student, with theatres, venues and festivals around the city staging a huge variety of performances of every genre.
You will find units on:
- practice-based performance
- performance history and politics
- adaptation and translation
- diverse periods
Pre-requisites
At UK universities, students specialise from their first year and rarely take units outside their degree subject. This means that:
- Year 1 units are suitable for all students.
- Year 2 units require some university study in the discipline.
- Year 3 units require a strong background in the discipline.
Year 1
Pre-requisites: suitable for all students
Teaching Block 1
Teaching Block 2
Year 2
Pre-requisites: some university study in the discipline.
Teaching Block 1
- Age of the Actress - THTR20026
- Choreography for Theatre - THTR20004
- Devised Performance - THTR20021
- Performance Histories - THTR20010
- Translation & Adaptation - THTR20030
Teaching Block 2
Year 3
Pre-requisites: strong background of study in the discipline.
Teaching Block 1
Teaching Block 2
Application queries
Contact the Centre for Study Abroad inbound team if you have any queries about the application process for the study abroad programmes:
Phone: +44 117 39 40207
Email: cfsa-inbound@bristol.ac.uk
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