Theatre and Performance Studies National University of Singapore

Overview

This distinctive one-year Master of Arts degree programme equips students with the latest approaches to understanding and engaging traditional and contemporary forms of theatre, performance and cultural activity, while also enabling them to apply their studies toward professional development and industry contexts.

Grounded in our department’s world-class expertise, the Theatre and Performance Studies degree programme from National University of Singapore integrates theory and practice, training students in close critical and historically contextualised analysis while equipping them with a host of transferable skills. Students desiring to create and develop performance will have hands-on learning opportunities.

Our courses develop critical thinking, research abilities and presentation skills, particularly for those who seek to work between art practice, industry, research and community advancement. They are taught by globally recognised leaders in areas such as theatre history, Asian performance, play analysis, practice-based research, collaborative performance creation, digital humanities, and interdisciplinary study of literature, film and performance. 

Students will be equipped with practical and conceptual skillsets required to meet the demands of current theatre and performance industries, and for cultural leadership in a wide range of roles from arts educator, to arts organisation leader, to cultural research associate, to arts policy maker. Additionally, with our emphasis on digital skills in the arts and humanities, students will be uniquely poised to apply digital tools to a variety of public, educational and industry contexts. Expertise in digital skills for humanities research will open doors for students interested in intersections between theatre, performance and professional activities such as archive development, multimedia interface, data-storytelling and web design.