BA (Hons) Drama
BA (Hons) Drama (Musical Theatre)
BA (Hons) Creative Writing and Drama
BA (Hons) Drama and English Literature
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Drama
Explore your creative identity by studying Drama with us, and gain the skills you need for a variety of exciting careers
#1 in South West
in the overall rankings for Drama and Dance (Guardian University Guide 2025)
Joint #2 in the UK
for Value Added in Drama and Dance (Guardian University Guide 2025)
Top 10 in UK
and #1 in the South West for Satisfaction with Course in Drama, Dance and Cinematics (Complete University Guide 2025)
Do you want to be a director, performer, practitioner, producer, writer, researcher, facilitator, teacher or lecturer? If so, then find your place with us in the world of drama by developing performance work and undertaking projects that allow you to explore your creative identity. We'll give you the performance, critical and creative skills that you need to thrive in whatever your chosen career.
Find out what our Drama students get up to via Bath Spa Live.
"Through studying Drama I acquired the confidence to stand up in front of a group of young people and lead a workshop – a workshop that may include elements of creativity, or drama games to assist learning. And I think the most valuable thing I’ve learned is that I don’t have to do just one thing. I’m a teacher, a writer, a consultant, a facilitator, a project manager, an events organiser, a social media content producer and so much more."
From BA Drama to LGBTQIA+ sex ed: read Laura's career story
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.
Facilities
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.
Combined courses
"The Drama lecturers were committed to giving us the tools we needed to thrive in further education and become well-rounded, creative and collaborative Drama practitioners."
Bethan Clothier, BA (Hons) Drama alumni
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.
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"There is a great mix of performance and theory within this course, that will give you an excellent grounding within the subject for whichever field you go into - whether that be teaching, performing or directing."
Charlotte Stroud, BA (Hons) Drama alumni