| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-25 | - |
Program Overview
Course Details
Our intensive final year BA (Hons) Musical Theatre (top-up) course offers you the opportunity to build on your existing performance-related foundation degree or HND. Delivered by Shockout Arts, this course supports you in acquiring, developing, and refining the technical and artistic skills essential for your career as a professional musical theatre performer. We'll help you gain a clear contextual understanding of the wider industry to support your progression into employment and ensure a sustainable career. Our ambition is to help you become not only a triple threat but also nurture your individual identity and ability to create and produce your own innovative work. We want to foster your skills in creative entrepreneurship.
During your top-up studies, you'll continue to explore the core techniques of acting, voice and dance. Our qualified and specialist professional practitioners will support you in gaining a breadth of knowledge in devising and developing production, musical theatre for stage and screen, and audition and casting techniques. You'll also have regular performance opportunities to help you build a diverse range of technical performance skills and prepare you for the industry.
Successfully completing your honours level studies to gain a BA (Hons) expands your career opportunities in musical theatre and its associated pathways. It also opens the door to postgraduate education. If you wish to continue your studies at the master's level, Shockout Arts has a fast-growing postgraduate provision to accommodate your needs.
The teaching staff at Shockout Arts are professional and world-renowned practitioners and choreographers. They are keen to make the time you spend with them as stimulating and rewarding as possible and enjoy a well-deserved reputation for being approachable and interested in your progress. As teaching often takes place in small groups, you'll have access to individual support and guidance at every stage.
For full details about Shockout Arts, their open days and accommodation, please visit http://www.weareshockout.com/.
Highlights
Key Features
Program Outline
Our BA (Hons) Musical Theatre (top-up) degree focuses on preparing you for a career in musical theatre, building excellent performance skills, musical versatility and adaptability, and a comprehensive understanding of musical theatre repertoire. The all-round knowledge and skills of performance this course offers also opens doors to many careers in the wider performing arts industry, such as live theatre, dance, TV, film and radio, as well as other related careers in the diverse artistic and entertainment industries.
Some of the key skills associated with this degree include performance skills, confidence, self-presentation, teamwork, self-awareness, communication skills, and coping with criticism. Graduates can also expect to possess the ability to work individually and collaboratively and demonstrate creative problem-solving skills, listening, clarifying, questioning and responding skills, and critical thinking skills.
What can I do with this qualification?
Graduates can take advantage of opportunities in a wide range of careers relating to musical theatre, performance, creative producing, education, community, and arts administration. Opportunities exist within musical theatre, live theatre arts, TV and film, cruise ships and leisure industry work, promotion and commercial events, and popular music performance.
A career in musical theatre is often complemented with employment in teaching or devising and performing your own work. Self-employment may be another option where you could establish your own performance-related business. Alternatively, you may choose to further your studies at the postgraduate level or train to become a performing arts teacher in the education sector. If you wish to continue your education at the master's level, Shockout Arts also has a fast-growing postgraduate provision to accommodate your needs.
As a graduate, you'll possess skills and expertise that span the production arena so you can take advantage of a diverse range of opportunities such as performer, choreographer, director, dance captain, swing roles, art production, and theatre and artist management. You could also take advantage of opportunities in areas such as creative producing, education, community performance, and curatorial and arts administration.
Alternative career options
Graduates can also use the qualification to step into a range of other careers. Relevant experience and/or postgraduate study may be required for some of these roles. Some of these careers include:
