Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
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Undergraduate BA (Hons)
Theatre and Performance
Nurture your passion for performance, whether you want to produce work for theatre, screen, festivals or live art.

Course Overview
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W447 -
L27 -
City Campus -
Full-Time -
3 Years -
18 Sep 2023
Create exciting, innovative and cutting-edge theatre and performance.
As part of your course you’ll:
- Learn from a team of experienced and professional theatre and performance makers to produce exciting work for stage, galleries and festivals
- Gain real-world professional experience through public showings and work-based learning placements
- Explore theories of theatre and performance from researchers at the top of their field
- Become confident with the processes of making, performing and analysing theatre and performance, which will help you find employment within the creative industries
You’ll be engaged in practical events in the city in theatres, galleries and more unusual sites. Our performing arts students and staff have also performed their work together at Latitude, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Light Night here in Leeds.
Expert teaching
Learn from a team of experienced and professional theatre and performance makers to produce exciting work for stage, galleries and festivals.
You can see some of our recent students’ work that was part of the Leeds School of Arts Festival.
Why study Theatre and Performance at Leeds Beckett University...
- 92% of BA (Hons) Theatre & Performance students said staff were good at explaining things*
- Gain real-world professional experience through public showings and work-based learning placements
- Taught by a team of experienced and professional theatre and performance makers
- Access to workshops and guest lectures delivered by external artists at the top of their field
- Access to an industry standard theatre, performance studios and a host of other performing arts facilities in the new £80-million Leeds School of Arts Building
*National Student Survey 2022
Lift Off Festival 2022: Performing Arts and Theatre & Performance Students discuss their final year performances, which take place in front of a live audience at Leeds School of Arts’ annual Lift Off Festival.