English and Theatre
There is a long tradition of practical theatre work here in the School of English, going back before we moved into the Theatre Workshop in 1978.
Our single honours degree allows students to study both literature and theatre practice. Two core modules are taken each semester, one in literature and the other in theatre practice, plus a third approved module chosen from either field.
For more information on this undergraduate course, click on the link below
Single Honours English and Theatre Studies
We also offers a popular postgraduate programme strongly rooted in the academic and practical expertise of the staff team. The MA in Theatre and Performance Studies is a practice-based course exploring diverse forms of contemporary theatre, such as devised performance and live art; community and applied theatres; new playwriting; classic texts on the contemporary stage; and documentary and verbatim theatre. The MA engages with current issues in performance theory and practice, and brings students into contact with practising theatre-makers and arts organisations.
For more information on this post graduate course, please click on the link below
MA in Theatre and Performance Studies
Links to the spaces we use can be found on the right hand side of this page, and include both our own Theatre Workshop, and use of rehearsal rooms and theatre space in the University Drama Studio.
School alumni include director Stephen Daldry and dance theatre director Charlotte Vincent
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and more recently Nabakov theatre company
Former and current students have also formed the creative ensemble Slung Low, who specialise in making work that combines prose, movement, video, sound and theatre; the company were awarded the Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award in 2008
Many other ex-students from Sheffield University´s undergraduate and postgraduate theatre programmes are now successful within the theatre industry. Recently, graduates have presented work as part of the Barbican´s BITE08
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at the 2008 Fierce Festival
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and at the National Theatre Studio as part of SPILL 2009
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