Overview
The Performance - Writing MA programme from University of the Arts London (UAL) key facts:
Diverse training: Your studies will cover various forms of dramatic writing including theatre, film, television, radio and digital media.
Industry links: MA Performance: Writing has connections with high-profile theatres, television, radio and digital media organisations – nationally and internationally.
Collaboration: The course offers potential for collaboration across courses in the Performance programme at Central Saint Martins and relevant courses throughout the University.
Showcase: There is a showcase at the end of the course, in which extracts of work are shown to industry professionals.
Career opportunities:
Graduates from MA Performance: Writing will be equipped to work with creativity and focus in diverse environments, and to design and explore their own ways of working, confident in building and maintaining working relationships, yet also aware of their unique role in being the ‘champions’ of the story.
The aspiration for graduates is that they are prepared to embark on professional practice as dramatic writers and storytellers with:
- a knowledge of dramatic media and forms, an understanding of the landscape and practice of dramatic writing, and an insight into what constitutes successful writing and writers
- a range of technical facilities and capabilities, such as script formatting, project planning, dramatic structure and re-writing
- a body of practice-based projects, experience, and finished scripted works
- an appreciation of their developing voice as an artist, with the imagination and confidence that such self-reflection can afford
- a body of connections and experience with leading industry practitioners, projects and ideas.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
Skills and Practices
Professional Preparation
Final Portfolio
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
Delivered
Campus Location
- London, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Creative Writing Drama View 152 other Masters in Drama in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
The standard entry requirements for this course are as follows:
- An honours degree
Or an equivalent EU/international qualification.
- We are looking for applicants with a background or demonstrable interest in scriptwriting for live performance, theatre, film, television, audio and digital media; writers who are interested in exploring time-based-narrative, as well as non-narrative dramaturgy. Writers who want to develop their voice alongside their craft.
Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
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- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Tuition Fee
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International
19270 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 19270 GBP per year during 24 months. -
National
7330 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 7330 GBP per year during 24 months.
Living costs for London
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Funding
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Scholarships Information
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