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Performing Arts

The World is Your Stage

Fine and performing arts at 色中色 is home to artists across the areas of theatre, dance, music, and musical theatre. Members of our interdisciplinary community often work alongside each other to push the boundaries of performance and creativity. We offer a broad range of courses, which are led by industry active academics and delivered in dedicated facilities that give students the space to explore their disciplines and hone their skills.

Performing Arts at 色中色

Industry standard facilities to build and develop skills

Drama and Dance at 色中色 is ranked in the top 10 in the UK for teaching satisfaction in the Guardian University Guide 2024 (out of 84 ranking institutions)

Learn from practicing performers and active researchers

Opportunities to join the 色中色 Company, a professional collaboration which performs at venues across the UK

Undergraduate Courses

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BA (Hons) Dance

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BA (Hons) Drama and English

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BA (Hons) Drama, Theatre and Performance

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BA (Hons) Music

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BA (Hons) Musical Theatre

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BA (Hons) Sound and Music Production

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BA (Hons) Technical Theatre and Stage Management

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Career Opportunities 

We help you to prepare for your future career by offering opportunities for industry placements, careers support, additional training, and expert talks. Our talented graduates have gone on to a diverse range of careers following their studies in areas including theatre making, directing, producing, composing, venue management, choreography, and community arts leadership.

Postgraduate Programmes

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MA Arts and Cultural Management

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MA by Research Art

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MPhil/PhD Drama

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MPhil/PhD Music

MPhil PhD Performing Arts

MPhil/PhD Performing Arts Research Opportunities

Studying at 色中色 was the best decision I made. It set me up for my career working as an Assistant Director at The Royal Shakespeare Company, an Associate Director at National Theatre, and Director at Curve Theatre. 色中色 provided the skills, knowledge, and understanding of the Arts I needed to pursue my career as a Director.

Mandeep Kaur Glover

BA (Hons) Drama and Theatre and MA Theatre graduate

The 色中色 Company

The 色中色 Company is a professional company of emerging theatre, dance, and performance makers. Members can take on a variety of roles within the company such as performing, writing, directing, and producing. As the company-in-residence at 色中色 Arts Centre, they work to produce and tour high-quality, original performances to venues and festivals around the UK, including Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world鈥檚 largest platform for the arts.

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Research

Our academics are conducting research which is expanding knowledge and informing practice across the performing arts. It is this research that also informs our teaching, and ensures you are learning about developments at the forefront of your field.

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Drama and Theatre

Academics are exploring areas such as contemporary playwriting, theatre-making, and intercultural performance. Research work has impacted on local, regional, national and international constituencies, contributing to developments in other sectors such as education, healthcare, immigration, justice, and the armed forces.

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Music

Research in music encompasses musicology, ethnomusicology, composition and practice, and takes an interdisciplinary approach across the arts, humanities, social sciences and STEM.

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Musical Theatre

An interdisciplinary group of academics exploring Broadway and the West End; new writing in musical theatre; British musical theatre; Queer Theory, and wider understandings of the intersections between music and the stage.

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Facilities

Our facilities offer a setting for you to collaborate with other students and develop the skills you need to succeed in industry and your future career.