BA Theatre and English
About this course
BA (Hons) in Performance and Design for Theatre and Screen, a programme combining theatre-making with English literature. Core topics include Research Methods, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Design & Creative Practice. An optional placement year is available, and students complete a 45-credit dissertation in either drama, theatre, and performance or English. Regular class trips to West End productions and other London events supplement the curriculum.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: International Baccalaureate Diploma 30 points. GCSE English equivalent SL 5 or HL 4
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 56%: 5 offers from 9 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 15 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 82%
- Learning opportunities: 75%
- Assessment and feedback: 85%
- Academic support: 89%
- Organisation and management: 59%
- Learning resources: 58%
- Student voice: 71%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 85%
- Left higher education: 15%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 9 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 60%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 15%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Administrative occupations: 25%
- Teaching Professionals: 20%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 15%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 10%
- Skilled trades occupations: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 90%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 80%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 40%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 290 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 5%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 2%
- East Midlands: 4%
- West Midlands: 4%
- East of England: 9%
- London: 48%
- South East: 17%
- South West: 9%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 80%
- Baccalaureate: 5%
- Foundation course: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 15%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Bronze overall, Bronze for student experience, Bronze for student outcomes.
Modules
- Why Performance Matters
- Performance and the World
- The Reader’s Toolkit
- Writer’s Toolkit
- Acting
- Making Theatre
- Literature and History
- Writing and Difference
- Literary London
- World Literature
- Performance Perspectives
- Performance Lab
- Applied Theatre Project
- Music Theatre
- Acting as a Critical Practice
- Genre Fiction
- The Novel: The Nineteenth Century
- Literary Movements: Modernism
- Literature and Revolution: Romanticism
- Texts and Afterlives: Shakespeare
- Contemporary Fiction: Britain and Ireland
- Postcolonial Writing
- Contemporary Theatre Project
- Drama, Theatre, and Performance Dissertation
- English Special Project
- Acting 3: Advanced Acting
- Anti-Racism and Performance
- Advanced Musical Theatre
- Professional Practice and Development
- Movement and Physical Theatres
- Performing the Now
- Literature, Culture, Society: The Victorians
- Literature and Identity
- Post-War and Late Twentieth-Century Literature 1945 - 2001
- Special Topic: Violence
- Author Study: Jane Austen
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Theatre and English at Brunel University of London earn?
The median salary is £26,000 after 15 months, £25,000 after 3 years, £30,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £24,500 and £39,000. The £30,500 median after five years is £6,500 more than the UK median for Drama.
What do graduates of BA Theatre and English at Brunel University of London do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Theatre and English at Brunel University of London?
82% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Theatre and English at Brunel University of London?
The typical offer is BBB at A level, or 30 points in the IB. The average entrant had 128 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA Theatre and English at Brunel University of London?
56% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 5 offers from 9 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
How many students continue on BA Theatre and English at Brunel University of London?
85% of students continued into their second year, and 15% left higher education.