Overview

Rose Bruford College’s Performance MA welcomes those interested in making, thinking, or writing about contemporary performance in diverse contexts.

You’ll explore interdisciplinary performance practices across a range of fields, centring innovative performance and research methodologies that draw on socially engaged and radical approaches – from education to nightlife, theatre to activism, immersive to experimental, and beyond.

Guided by world-leading experts and practitioners, this programme will challenge you to engage critically with cutting edge contemporary creative industries. You’ll develop your skills across a range of settings and contexts, gaining the confidence to shape and respond to the multiple futures of performance.

Ultimately, the Performance MA will support you to further develop your creative practice, enhance your professional opportunities, or continue into advanced research and study.

Programme Structure

This programme will empower you to develop new creative practices and refine your existing performance skills. Through core Shared Modules and Specialist Pathways, you’ll engage with key techniques and approaches across a diverse range of disciplines: Actor-Musicianship, Theatre for Children and Young People, Queer Performance, and Curating. Postgraduate performance training is an opportunity to expand and extend your creative and critical viewpoints. Our flexible structure enables you to tailor your learning experience – choose to focus on a single Pathway or explore multiple areas as your interests evolve. You’ll study alongside students from a variety of disciplines, engaging collaboratively across shared modules whilst pursuing your specialist focus. This interdisciplinary environment encourages experimentation, dialogue, and exchange across forms and practices.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-31 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Sidcup, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

IELTS

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants for Masters programmes will be expected to have a good undergraduate degree in a related subject area. The College also encourages applications from those without formal qualifications who may be accepted based on professional experience.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

20050 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

11500 GBP / year

≈ 11500 GBP / year

Living costs

Sidcup

United Kingdom

660 - 1140 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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