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BA (Hons) Musical Theatre Performance

Course details
  • BA (Hons)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-time
  • 07/09/2026
  • Undergraduate
Course location
Main Site
Course scheme
UCAS Conservatoires

Course summary

The BA (Hons) Musical Theatre Performance programme is designed to enable you to develop the skills, attributes and knowledge necessary for a career as a creative entrepreneur and artist (singer-actor-dancer) in the Musical Theatre industry.

Key Features:

  • Support and guide your development in preparation for a career in the professional musical theatre industry

  • Empower students to operate as creative entrepreneurs

  • Foster the development of graduates able to make and perform musical theatre works that reflect, interrogate and/or enrich society

  • Enable you to value, have confidence in, articulate and execute your own artistic choices

  • Support your development as an independent learner able to recognise and realise your own intellectual, creative and practical potential

  • Facilitate your learning from professional musical theatre practitioners

  • Enable you to understand the range of creative roles within musical theatre and how these might inform future employability

  • Nurture your collaborative and leadership skills.

Course details

Principal study options

During the application and audition process, you must select which instrument(s) you wish to specialise in for the duration of your course. On this course, you can choose from the following options:

Main specialism

Only one specialism is studied. It may be possible to study a further instrument, but this will not contribute towards the qualification.

Instrument/specialisms

For all courses, you must select at least one specialism from the 'primary' list. For those studying primary/secondary pathways, two instruments may be selected – one from the 'primary' list and one from the 'secondary' list. Joint pathway students may select any two instruments from either list.

Primary instrument/specialism
  • Musical Theatre

How to apply

If you are an international applicant, or you are applying for a postgraduate course, or are choosing certain assessment locations, the 'on time' deadline may be later in the year - please contact the conservatoire directly.

Apply by
14 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
230F
Institution code:
T75
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1
  • Year 2
  • Year 3

Entry requirements for advanced entry (i.e. into Year 2 and beyond)

Subject to Recognition of Prior Learning

International applicants

Each year we visit different cities all over the world to hold Open Days. These events are designed to welcome you to the Trinity Laban community, and include information and application guidance sessions, taster workshops, masterclasses and auditions.

Whether you would like to audition for one of our dance, music or musical theatre programmes, have already applied and would like to meet with our faculty, or would just like to learn more about life at Trinity Laban, we warmly welcome you to attend one of these events. https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/overseas-auditions/

Open days

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

A level - EE

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - PPP

Additional entry requirements

Interview
Audition

English language requirements

Everything you need to know about English Language requirements at Trinity Laban https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/english-language-requirements/

Student Outcomes

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80 Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)

97 Go onto work and study

The number of student respondents and response rates can be important in interpreting the data – it is important to note your experience may be different from theirs. This data will be based on the subject area rather than the specific course. Read more about this data on the Discover Uni website.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
Channel Islands£9535Year 1
Republic of Ireland£9535Year 1
England£9535Year 1
Northern Ireland£9535Year 1
Scotland£9535Year 1
Wales£9535Year 1

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

Home fee students on funded courses are aligned with the maximum tuition fee cap set by the UK Government.

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