BA Drama and Creative Writing
Royal Holloway, University of London
About this course
BA in English with Creative Writing and Performance and design for theatre and screen. Core topics include Research Methods. Creative writing offers Playwriting, Fiction, and Poetry pathways, and Theatre and Performance Making modules include Directing, Devising, Acting for Camera, Dance and Theatre, and Scenography. Acting for Camera includes collaborative film projects with directing students in the Department of Media Arts.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB-ABB (Required subjects: A in an essay-based Arts and Humanities subject at A-Level We require English Language and Mathematics GCSE at grade 4 (C)) IB: 6,6,5 at Higher level or 34 points overall. Including 6 in an essay-based Arts and Humanities subject
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What students say
Based on about 7 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 83%
- Learning opportunities: 85%
- Assessment and feedback: 78%
- Academic support: 88%
- Organisation and management: 67%
- Learning resources: 78%
- Student voice: 72%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 100%
What graduates do next
Based on about 22 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 15%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 20%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
- Elementary occupations: 10%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 5%
- Teaching Professionals: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 80%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 70%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 55%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 135 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 3%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 3%
- East Midlands: 3%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 12%
- London: 38%
- South East: 27%
- South West: 7%
- Wales: 3%
- Scotland: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 25 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 85%
- Baccalaureate: 15%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Theatre and Performance Making 1
- Theatre and Text 1
- Introduction to Creative Writing
- Why Write? The History and Theory of Creative Writing
- Playwriting
- Fiction
- Poetry
- Theatre and Performance Making: Devising
- Theatre and Performance Making: Theatre Directing
- Theatre and Performance Making: Acting for Camera
- Theatre and Performance Making: Dance and Theatre
- Theatre and Performance Making: Scenography
- Theatre and Text: Staging the Real
- Theatre and Text: Decoding debbie tucker green
- Shakespeare, Ecology and Performance
- Theatre and Culture: Theatre for Young Audiences
- Theatre and Culture: Cultures of Memory
- Dancing Bodies, Global Culture
- Theatre and Ideas: Ideas of Gender and Sexuality
- Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of Tragedy
- Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of Adaptation
- Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of the Musical
- Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of Acting
- Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of Money
- Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of Casting
- Playwriting 2
- Fiction 2
- Poetry 2
- Creative Writing Special Focus (Term 1)
- Creative Writing: Special Focus (Term 2)
- Love, Gender and Sexuality
- Race Relations in Theatre, Film and Television
- Shakespeare
- Naturalist Theatre in Context
- Creative Learning and Theatre
- Physical Theatre
- Shakespeare on Camera
- The Actor's Voice
- Actor Training in a Globalised World
- Group Project
- Final Year Project - Special Study
- Final Year Project - Dissertation
- Taught Dissertation
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Drama and Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London earn?
The median salary is £25,000 after 15 months, £22,500 after 3 years, £28,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £23,000 and £34,500. The £28,000 median after five years is £4,500 more than the UK median for Creative writing.
What do graduates of BA Drama and Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London do next?
90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Drama and Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London?
83% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Drama and Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London?
The typical offer is AAB at A level, or 34 points in the IB. The average entrant had 160 UCAS points.
Does BA Drama and Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Drama and Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London?
100% of students continued into their second year, and 0% left higher education.