Drama

Find out more at one of our Open Days

At our Open Days you’ll be able to explore the range of courses on offer, chat with academic staff and learn more about life at Bath Spa. We can't wait to see you there!

#1 in South West for Student Experience and Teaching Quality

We’re #1 in the South West and #8 in the UK for Student Experience and Teaching Quality for Drama, Dance and Cinematics.*

_{*Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023.}

#2 in the South West

We’re #2 in South West overall for Drama and Dance.*

_{*Guardian University Guide 2023.}

Top 15 in UK for Student Satisfaction

We’re in the UK top 15 for Student Satisfaction in Drama, Dance and Cinematics.*

_{*Complete University Guide 2023.}

Teaching, rehearsal, and performance facilities

You'll benefit from a wealth of teaching and rehearsal facilities on our Newton Park campus, including our University Theatre, the central hub of our Drama courses.

Advance your career

Our students have entered into a diverse array of careers, and we're proud of each and every one of them.

Fields include directing, acting, media, drama therapy, teaching, lecturing, arts administration, as well as setting up individual theatre and production companies.

Combine your interests

Tempted by two courses? Our combined degree courses mean you don’t have to limit yourself to one programme. You could pair Drama with anything from Biology to Business and Management.

Drama Fest 2019

Drama Fest is an exciting annual fringe festival at our University Theatre that features works produced by final year Drama students. 

Performances can include devised theatre, physical and visual theatre, stand-up comedy, processional theatre, immersive theatre, text-based drama, Shakespearean theatre, installations and more.

Previously 9 to 18 April

Di, Viv and Rose

Starting in 1983, this hilarious comedy spanning over three decades, shows three young women come together to experience the complex dynamics of female friendship.

Di is an athletic closet lesbian coming to terms with being openly gay, Viv is an outspoken perfectionist striving towards a career in the fashion industry and Rose is a sexually ambitious artist with more enthusiasm for “thing” than her degree. 

Maison de I'illusion

The world around you is an illusion. 

Welcome to Madame Irma’s Maison de l'Illusion, a modern reimagining of Jean Genet’s The Balcony (1956), a play that accuses our world of being nothing more than a brothel, and we its eager clients.

Upon the Oaken Table

Five teens in the town of Whitby, North Yorkshire find themselves immersed in a fantasy world of Dungeons and Dragons, separated in background and social status but brought together by the camaraderie of adventure.

An unlikely friendship occurs, surviving through tragedy and hardship, helping the teens to cope with the harsh reality they reside in.