Entrepreneurship and Theatre

BA (Hons) Entrepreneurship and Theatre
Focus on developing your creativity and theatre making skills whilst building a solid basis in entrepreneurship, allowing you to launch your own business or bring innovation to an existing one.

Why choose this course?

Focus on developing your creativity and theatre making skills whilst building a solid basis in entrepreneurship, allowing you to launch your own business or bring innovation to an existing one.

You’ll combine theatre practice with theoretical research and analysis, exploring key themes such as workshop preparations, rehearsal strategies, directing and stagecraft.

Entrepreneurship is an essentially practical subject and the course places great emphasis on real world learning. We’ll use our academic expertise to make the links between theoretical business and enterprise, entrepreneurship frameworks and the practicalities of the real business world.

How you will learn

The Theatre Arts programme involves a combination of practice-led, studio-based exercises and lecture or seminar activity. You’ll learn about the wide variety of professional roles within theatre and have the opportunity to explore these through work placements at Derby Theatre. You can explore your skills as a theatre maker or develop skills in Applied Theatre and working in educational settings. The work will be underpinned by research, academic criticism and the professional production programme of Derby Theatre. You’ll carry out written and practical coursework that will be reviewed by our academics

• Our Entrepreneurship programme incorporates a number of learning and teaching methods, such as:

• formal lectures which will at times include expert speakers

• Seminars which can be tutor-led or student-led and can include discussions, critical analysis of reading, presentations, group work, debates and general problem solving, interaction with real businesses, case study analysis, computer lab work, practical analysis and formative assessment

• tutorials which are one-to-one sessions with a tutor to discuss the development of assignments

• work experience projects

• self-directed study.

Opportunities and experiences

The majority of your Theatre Arts modules will be based in Derby Theatre where you can enjoy the benefit of working and studying in a professional theatre environment. You’ll share the Derby Theatre building with professional artists which offers exciting opportunities for work-based learning placements. You can also catch them performing in both the studio and on the main stage. We also have a successful history of working with outside organisations and artists, both from the Derby area and further afield, including many international collaborations.

Careers and employability

You’ll have the opportunity to gain valuable work experience before you graduate to boost your employability. Our Theatre courses offer great opportunities to network with industry professionals, and you could undertake a placement within the Theatre in the Artistic, Programming, Business Management, Marketing, Education, Technical, Producing, Front of House, Finance, or Creative Learning departments. Alternatively choose to take an Entrepreneurship- based placement year between your second and third year to put your skills into practice in a real business environment.