BA Drama with Acting
Royal Holloway, University of London
About this course
BA Drama with Acting is a drama degree combining practical performance training with the critical study of theatre texts and performance making. The course includes an optional placement year and an optional year abroad. The first year covers key working methods and research approaches through Expressive Actor, Theatre and Performance Making 1, Theatre and Text 1, Theatre and Ideas 1, and Skills Lab. The second year introduces practical voice, speech, and body skills via Stage Acting alongside optional modules such as Theatre and Text: Greek Tragedy, Theatre and Text: Staging the Real, and Theatre and Culture: Dancing Bodies, Global Culture. The final year centres on compulsory modules including Advanced Acting and Group Project. Students can also choose from optional modules such as Acting 360, Shakespeare on Camera, Actor Training for Noh Theatre, and Beijing Opera.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB-BBC (Required subjects: We require English Language and Mathematics GCSE at grade 4 (C)) IB: 6,5,5 at Higher level or 32 points overall.
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What students say
Based on about 65 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 90%
- Learning opportunities: 83%
- Assessment and feedback: 86%
- Academic support: 90%
- Organisation and management: 70%
- Learning resources: 87%
- Student voice: 79%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 85 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 85%
- Left higher education: 15%
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
- Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations: 15%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 15%
- Elementary occupations: 15%
- Teaching Professionals: 10%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 10%
- 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 70 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 94%
- Baccalaureate: 4%
- A degree: 1%
- Other HE qualification: 1%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Expressive Actor
- Theatre and Performance Making 1
- Theatre and Text 1
- Theatre and Ideas 1
- Skills Lab
- Stage Acting
- Theatre and Text: Greek Tragedy
- Theatre and Text: Staging the Real
- Theatre and Text: Decoding debbie tucker green
- Theatre and Culture: Theatre for Young Audiences
- Theatre and Culture: Cultures of Memory
- Theatre and Culture: Dancing Bodies, Global Culture
- Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of the Musical
- Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of Acting
- Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of Casting
- Advanced Acting
- Group Project
- Creative Learning and Theatre
- Race Relations in Theatre, Film and Television
- Love, Gender and Sexuality
- Acting 360
- Theatre Design
- Shakespeare on Camera
- Actor Training for Noh Theatre
- Beijing Opera
- The Actor's Voice
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Drama with Acting 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 £4,000 more than the UK median for Drama.
What do graduates of BA Drama with Acting 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 with Acting at Royal Holloway, University of London?
90% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Drama with Acting at Royal Holloway, University of London?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 142 UCAS points.
Does BA Drama with Acting 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 with Acting at Royal Holloway, University of London?
85% of students continued into their second year, and 15% left higher education.