This Drama and Theatre Studies Practice-Based from University of Birmingham provides a unique opportunity for you to specialise in a particular area of practice (dramaturgy, playwriting, or performance Ð which includes directing) and prepares you for your chosen profession.

The practice-based route to this PhD lets you conduct academic-based research through practical experimentation in performance, playwriting or dramaturgy, accompanied with a 40,000 word thesis.

The thesis must fully contextualise the practice and substantiate the claim that your work is innovative and demonstrates extension of the boundaries of the chosen field of research and practice. The practice-based MA by Research in contrast will be assessed by a shorter thesis of 20,000 words.

Career

Birmingham's Drama and Theatre Arts postgraduates develop a very wide range of skills and qualities during their degree. Performance develops communication, team working and confidence, whilst all of our postgraduates also develop time management, critical and analytical skills, the ability to formulate and solve problems, develop opinions and new ideas, and an aptitude for thinking and working creatively with others.