Overview
The Performance programme from Manchester Metropolitan University provides students with an advanced and practical understanding of current performance practices, drawing on a broad range of artistic and theoretical influences.
The development of new creative practice is at the core of the programme, as well as how this work might be developed and profiled in a professional context.
Furthermore, MA/MFA Performance also offers students the chance to specialise in either of the distinctive areas of laboratory theatre or contemporary performance, or to combine elements from both with direct experience of a current professional arts context.
The experience of these options is fed through a further process of critical and professional contextualisation, before students embark on the creation of their own major projects as the culmination of the degree.
Career
MA/MFA Performance graduates will leave the programme able to operate as performance practitioners at a professional level, whilst understanding the vocational and critical contexts in which the field operates. This will empower them to develop a career as freelance theatre artists, or as other professionals in the sector (producers, programmers, facilitators, curators, pedagogues etc.) or to combine these identities based on their own interests/skill-sets, as is increasingly common practice in the portfolio careers built by performance artists.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Performer as Maker
- Performance in Context
- Major Project
- Professional Practices
- Production
- Production Contexts
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
- Part-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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You can apply for a master’s course at any time throughout the year, most courses will close for applications in mid to late August.
Language
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Credits
Delivered
Campus Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Visual Arts Drama View 160 other Masters in Drama in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Normally applicants will have a good undergraduate UK honours degree (minimum 2:2) in a related subject (or international equivalent), or a degree-equivalent postgraduate diploma, or a professional qualification, or relevant professional practice.
- Progression onto the MFA requires that all 180 credits of the MA are passed, with at least a mark of 50% in each unit.
- Interview may be required.
Tuition Fees
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents22002 GBP / year≈ 22002 GBP / year -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents12000 GBP / year≈ 12000 GBP / year
Living costs
Manchester
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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Scholarships Information
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