BA (Hons) Musical Theatre
UCAS Code: W400
Institution Code: B39
Musicals today demand performers with versatility beyond the traditional triple threat. This course equips you with high-level technical and artistic training alongside contemporary skills that expand your employability and creative range.
Working with our network of West End performers, producers, directors and choreographers, you’ll develop a professional toolkit that prepares you for contemporary productions and innovative performance formats. Your training balances rigorous technical development with forward-thinking approaches that respond to how musical theatre continues to evolve and challenge conventions.
Beyond comprehensive training in acting, dance and singing, you’ll explore emerging performance techniques including physical theatre, immersive theatre, and on-camera work through collaboration with MetFilm School. This breadth of experience ensures you graduate as an adaptable, resilient performer capable of creating your own opportunities.
Throughout your journey, we emphasise entrepreneurship and individual development alongside technical proficiency. You’ll build a professional network, develop industry awareness, and find your authentic creative identity. You will graduate as a confident, adaptable artist ready to navigate the contemporary performing arts industry.
The course culminates in high-profile performance opportunities, including a revue and a fully produced musical that showcase your full range of skills to industry professionals, helping you make the crucial transition from training to professional practice.
Course Specification
Mode of Attendance: Full-time
Length of course: Three years
Awarding institution: BIMM University
Campus delivery: Brighton and Manchester
Language of study: English
Final award: Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
Minimum Requirements
- Minimum of 80 UCAS points and normally three GCSEs at a minimum grade C/4, including English Language. Overseas applicants will be required to provide additional information regarding academic study to determine equivalency level.
- IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 to be achieved in each band.
- All applicants will be required to attend an audition and demonstrate their ability in dance, drama and singing. We’re not expecting you to be proficient in all three – just a bit of star quality!
Progression
Graduates can progress directly to employment in theatre and related creative industries.
Course Fees
- Student loan finance is available for BA (Hons) Musical Theatre.
- Please visit our Fees page for information on access to Student Loans.
- Please note that UK students eligible for Student Loans can borrow the full course fee for Performers College degrees.
Year 1
All students take the following core modules in their first year of study. Full module information is subject to approval. Students can select four optional modules during their three year course; three in the second year, and one in their final year.
The first Creative Industries module will introduce you to the strategies and tools to set you on the right path toward pursuing a successful career. Whether focused on a particular career goal or considering several future possibilities, you will broaden your knowledge of the opportunities available to you as a future creative industry professional.
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In this module, you will further develop your investigative skills, exploring relevant underlying concepts and principles and interpreting these within the context of your area of study. You will explore the nature of creativity, the wider context of the industry and practice reflective techniques.
You will also evaluate sources and consider issues such as potential biases and cultural diversity. This evaluation will contribute to developing an enhanced awareness of your creative identity and greater insight into the topics that inspire and motivate you. In addition, you will improve your understanding of how your area of interest intersects with the wider creative industry.
Using academic enquiry, you will develop a reflective journal to evaluate your strengths and areas for self-development in relation to your studies, careers and personal aspirations. This investigative work will help establish a connection between the skills you have identified concerning specific careers and areas of the industry, enhancing your understanding of what is required to be a successful professional practitioner.
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Year 2
A range of option modules can be selected in Year 2 subject to availability and student demand. Full module information is also subject to approval.
Students pick three optional modules from: Applied Directing, Community Theatre, Digital Media Performance, Film Studies, Musical Theatre Performance, Practical Learning & Teaching in the Creative Arts (1), Working in the Creative Arts, and Writing for Stage and Screen.
In the Defining Your Practice in Context module, you evaluated the lineage and traditions of your creative practice, investigating how it connects to artistic and industry practices. This module will require you to utilise your acquired knowledge to plan and create, collaboratively, a piece of work that links to your practice. Collaborating with others can help you develop new and innovative ideas and can also help you develop confidence as a creative practitioner whilst practising your communication, project management, reflection and feedback skills.
Module Aims
- To develop collaborative working practices.
- To plan and execute a creative project.
- To document your creative process including the nature of your collaboration.
- Seek and use developmental feedback.
- Evaluate the nature of teamwork, communication and collaboration.
- Appraise your professional values, ethics and goals.
Additionally, this module will help you develop the following graduate attributes:
- Employable and Entrepreneurial.
- Creative, Collaborative and Connected.
- Socially Responsible.
- Self-awareness.
- Professionalism.
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Year 3
A range of optional modules can be selected in Year 3 subject to availability and student demand. Full module information is also subject to approval.
Students pick one optional modules from: Devised Theatre Performance, Film Studies, Practical Learning & Teaching in the Creative Arts (2), and Short Film Production.
In this module, you will undertake a significant project of your own choosing. It’s your chance to explore your passion within the industry and creative arts: experiment, take risks, strengthen your skills and create a product/cohesive portfolio of work that you are proud to showcase at the end of your degree. This module will support you in consolidating the broad learning and development from the course so far, building a bridge into the industry, the workplace and future opportunities. You will be supported to self-direct your own learning through a series of lectures, seminars and 1:1 tutorials with expert supervisors.
This module is the final step in your journey and will support you as you look to enter your chosen field as a creative professional. Drawing on evidence from throughout your time here. You will critically self-evaluate your personal learning journey and industry engagements to date. You will explore concepts and theories of personal and professional development to support, challenge and test your assumptions, to determine your readiness for work in the creative industries. You will have the opportunity to discuss this with your peers and learn from your collective experiences in both small degree path groups and large mixed discipline sessions.
With this position in mind, you will then be challenged to create and consolidate creative assets to give you the edge over the competition in your chosen field. Specialist workshops will be offered throughout the module, informed and delivered by our wide-reaching connections and specialist lecturers in the creative industries. This culminates in the creation of a portfolio that tells the story of your personal and professional journey so far, communicating your unique professional identity and future career plans in the creative industries.
This module is designed to build on your previous experience of performance and to apply your learning within the context of a production. The nature of the piece you work on will be appropriate to the route you are studying. You will rehearse intensively towards a production, which will be director-led. Rehearsal etiquette, preparation and discipline will be core elements of your process during this module and will contribute significantly to the assessment. You will be expected to utilise your skill sets with proficiency and assurance as well as engage openly and with creativity to the demands of the piece.
Following on from Performance 1 in the previous semester, this module is designed to build on your experience. Performance 2 provides you with the opportunity to apply what you have learnt in terms of approach and technique within the context of a second production. It allows you to explore any strategies, approaches or methodologies that have arisen from your reflections on the previous performance. It also gives you the chance to work with a different director, and potentially a different process in the rehearsal room. This will be invaluable as a performer, as you will need to be able to adjust and respond to a variety of directorial styles. The nature of the piece you work on will be appropriate to the route you are studying. You will rehearse intensively towards a production, which will be director-led. Rehearsal etiquette, preparation and discipline will be core elements of your process during this module and will contribute significantly to the assessment. You will be expected to utilise your skill sets with proficiency and assurance, as well as engage openly and with creativity to the demands of the piece.
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This module will enable you to explore the key issues, historical factors and current debates shaping our thinking about diversity in the creative industries. Negotiating key areas and methods of investigation with your tutor, you will reflect, in podcast format, on your own place within an increasingly diverse creative landscape.
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