125 Part-time Master's degrees in Drama

The Contemporary Theatre, Dance and Dramaturgy programme at Utrecht University focuses on new and interdisciplinary forms of theatre, dance and dramaturgy. It is interested in how performance and choreography respond to current societal phenomena, how this leads to new artistic forms and strategies and new modes of storytelling. 

The Arts Management and Creative Producing degree delivered by the University College Cork will provide you with training in arts leadership and management as well as offering essential practical skills in event organisation across a range of art forms, including amongst others, theatre, music, film, dance, literature, visual, and performance art. 

Combine creativity with research to develop key skills for a future in theatre-making, academia, or both with the Theatre (by research) degree delivered by the University of York.

This Music and Performing Arts Education course from the University of West London aims to develop your performance teaching, leadership, and research skills across a variety of global music and performing arts educational contexts.

The Theatre programme from University of Surrey allows you to study at your own pace and provides a gateway to an exciting future without the need for regular attendance on campus.

On the Scriptwriting (Theatre and Digital Media) degree from University of Essex you produce a varied portfolio of dramatic works, culminating in a full-length original script, whether for the stage, screen, radio or television, which will enable you to hone and develop your own unique voice.

Whether you’re driven by creative and practical research, or you want to specialise in a theatrical approach to theatre and performance, you'll research with renowned academics and practitioners at one of the UK's leading Drama and Theatre Arts departments. The Drama and Theatre Studies (by research) programme at University of Birmingham.

MA Theatre and Performance course delivered by Queen Mary University of London supports will support your advanced research and practice in experimental theatre, socially engaged and participatory performance, live art, and activism.

The Public Art and Performative Practices programme from London Metropolitan University prepares artists and art professionals for the increasing demand in the sector to develop publicly interactive, performative and immersive work.

The interdisciplinary Theatre Practice degree offered by University of Essex provides an opportunity for you to develop advanced knowledge of different processes of theatre-making, international performance traditions, approaches to practice-as-research (PaR), and methods of writing, directing and devising in professional contexts.

Ideal for those in full-time employment or commitments, our Theatre programme from University of Surrey allows you to study at your own pace through distance learning, so you can pursue your passion for theatre and develop industry connections around your existing commitments or work.

Throughout the Theatre Practice programme from The University of Exeter you extend your practice, sharpen your critical skills and learn to contextualise your work culturally and politically.

Our outward-looking, multi-disciplinary research activities in the Theatre Studies programme of the University of Glasgow are based on high-quality, challenging and flexible graduate programmes.

The Theatre Studies degree from University of Essex is led by a vibrant group of theatre practitioners and who all work professionally in the theatre industry alongside their University teaching.

This Theatre Studies programme of study at the University of Malta is conducted mainly by research. It will offer you an opportunity to undertake an independent research project in a chosen area of theatre studies.

The Theatre and Performative Practices course offered at University College Cork is ideal for those who have acquired theatre-related skills in previous years, for example in a youth or community theatre setting, and now wish to build on that experience and advance it to professional levels with the potential for a career in the professional theatre.

Explore creative, practice-based research with the Drama and Theatre Studies Practice-Based (by research) programme from University of Birmingham. Supported by the academic experts, your project might include new performance techniques, examine a particular aspect of theatre practice or involve a specific community of participants

The Theatre and Performance Practices programme of the University of Glasgow engages with a range of theatre and performance practices, explored in a critically informed context. The programme encompasses practices such as contemporary devising and production dramaturgy, autobiographical performance, and socially/politically engaged practice.

The Playwriting and Dramaturgy programme of the University of Glasgow gives you a practical and theoretical engagement with the many forms of writing and production for theatre. Blending practice, theory and history, the programme is designed for those wishing to develop playwriting skills and knowledge of script development and support, opening the way to many theatre roles, including dramaturgy.

The Theatre Studies programme of the University of Glasgow engages with a wide variety of histories and practices attached to the study of theatre. It is designed to enable you to become proficient in the techniques of historical, sociological and theoretical analysis of the theatrical process, past and present.