Musical Theatre

Become a ‘triple threat’ musical theatre performer as you train in the disciplines of acting, singing and dance while exploring the traditions and contemporary practices of musical theatre on stage and screen.

Taught at The Brighton Academy, Musical Theatre BA (Hons) trains you to be a versatile, imaginative, and employable performer. Its embodied approach develops graduates who are adept at working in a variety of genres across the highest levels of the Musical Theatre industry, as well as preparing you for postgraduate study. Training in acting, singing, and dance is delivered in equal importance, with the highest possible standards expected from students in every discipline. Develop the essential practical and creative skills, along with the theoretical knowledge you'll need to become a self-motivated artist in the musical theatre industry. This rigorous Musical Theatre degree is designed to train you to become a versatile, imaginative, and employable performer.

You'll have the opportunity to follow one of two educational specialisms that best match the area of the industry in which you're aspiring to have a successful career. On both specialisms, you'll undertake practical modules in singing, dance, acting, and voice training. From this technical base, you'll develop your creative processes by considering how to apply your techniques to an essential repertoire, in order to realise creative and musically intelligent interpretations of materials.

The dancer/singer specialism has an emphasis on dance technique and history, developing theoretical and technical knowledge of a range of techniques within musical theatre alongside an intense signing regime.

The actor/singer training has an emphasis on a range of singing and voice techniques, and an intense acting programme which includes, but is not limited to, breaking down text and scenes, creating characters, and remaining in the moment.

Performance is emphasised throughout, and you'll continue to enhance your technical and stage skills through a series of performances across a variety of genres. Our aim is that you'll graduate as a technically skilled professional, well-versed in collaboration and personal reflection. Collaborative projects require you to work at industry standard, and within professionally-recognised time frames.

This course is delivered by Brighton Academy in collaboration with Bath Spa University

During your first year, you'll explore essential core skills through technical training in dance, movement, voice, singing, and acting, working as an individual and as a member of an ensemble. You'll also develop your academic writing skills in research, analysis, and critique.

In year two, you'll build on what you've already learned and move into interpretation, analysis, and performance, as a soloist and within an ensemble. You'll collaborate with industry professionals and peers in a range of workshops and performance opportunities, developing the technical understanding you'll need to kickstart your career in the musical theatre industry.

Year three focuses on performance. You'll hone your skills and knowledge and enhance your employability as a successful performer. Collaboration with industry specialists, combined with strategically selected projects and public performances, encourages professional working relationships and the entrepreneurial capability vital for future employment.

Assessment is via a combination of practical exams and coursework, with an assessment breakdown of 25% coursework and 75% practical exams. There are no written exams on this degree.