COURSE OVERVIEW

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Our BA (Hons) Performance in Musical Theatre combines intensive practical training with professional performance opportunities to prepare you for a career in the performing arts. You’ll develop as a versatile performer through expert tuition in singing, acting, and dance while building the confidence, creativity, and collaborative skills required to succeed across today’s musical theatre industry.

Nick Charters

Performance in Musical Theatre Course Leader

SINGING IN MUSICAL THEATRE

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• Build a versatile, industry-ready voice through extensive work across musical theatre styles, developing vocal technique, interpretation and expressive performance.
• Become a confident singing actor, connecting singing, acting and movement to communicate character, story and emotion.
• Develop your individual voice through specialist classes, ensemble work and one-to-one tutorials in a supportive, creatively ambitious environment.

DANCE IN MUSICAL THEATRE

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• Develop industry-ready dance skills across Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Urban Jazz, Street, Double Work and Musical Theatre Choreography.
• Build versatility, stamina and physical confidence, adapting to different styles, choreographers and performance demands.
• Use movement to tell stories, developing the technique, awareness and expressive skills to create character and perform as part of an ensemble.

ACTING & VOICE

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• Bring text to life through monologues, prose, poetry, improvisation and creative play, while developing imagination, spontaneity and vocal expression.
• Expand your range through dialects, accents and diverse performance practices, with practical preparation for auditions across stage, screen and commercial work.

MT HISTORY, PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE & PORTFOLIO

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• Understand where musical theatre comes from — exploring its genres, styles, practitioners and performance from jazz and the Golden Age of Broadway to today.
• Turn research into practice, developing independent research, critical thinking and the ability to make informed performance choices.

PROJECTS & PUBLICE PERFORMANCE

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• Experience life as a company, building ensemble skills, stamina, discipline, stagecraft and rehearsal practices.
• Perform for live audiences, developing characters, responding creatively under pressure and putting your training into practice through public performances and projects.
• Prepare for the profession through projects such as the Swing Project, professional portfolio development and practical insight into the demands of a musical theatre career.