Drama and Performing Arts
Let ’ s set the scene ... the UK has the largest creative sector in Europe . Scotland ’ s creative industries generate more than £ 5.2 billion and employ in the region of 60,000 people . Cultural and creative experiences stimulate individual curiosity and expand our collective imagination . It is no wonder that the performing arts is such an inspiring field to study and work in and the theatre , film and TV industries are always , looking for graduate with creative talent , skills and ideas .
At QMU , you learn will skills and build relationships that will prepare you for a rewarding career in the flourishing creative sector . Our highly respected performing arts courses will give you the theoretical understanding , hands-on expertise and creative stimulation that will help you to turn your creative ambition into an exciting and sustainable career .
Why QMU ?
Go to the theatre , watch TV , listen to the radio or play your favourite computer game and you will soon see the work of one of our Performing Arts graduates . Doctor Who , Peaky Blinders , The Cry , River City , Outlander , CBeebies , Casualty , Hollyoaks , The Night Manager , Assassin ’ s Creed ,
Warhammer 40,000 , The National Theatre of Scotland , Dundee Rep and The Traverse have all recently featured the work of QMU alumni . It is not only on stage and screen that our graduates can be found ; many will go on to use their creative skills in education , health and wellbeing , tourism and arts management .
We offer courses in acting and performance , drama , costume design and construction , and theatre and film . The creative industries are very competitive fields , and trying to enter them can seem a daunting prospect . However , employers are looking for graduates who have developed specialist knowledge , up-to-the-minute working practices , and high-level communication skills that enhance their natural creative enthusiasm . This is what you can expect to learn on all of our performing arts degrees .
Each course has its own specific emphasis , and they all provide students with a comprehensive critical understanding of the processes and practices by which new creative work is generated . Our teaching focuses on the role that the dramatic arts has in the construction of public culture , in the creation of new expressive forms , as the basis for a range of professional practices and in shaping everyday social and psychological life . Through theory and practice you will explore a broad range of creative and cultural activity . In doing so you will engage with current debates in these exciting fields of study , when critically engaging with the historical evolution of particular genres , aesthetic traditions , and the way plays and screen texts organise understandings , meanings and effects . As part of this engagement , you will have opportunites to work individually and in small groups to produce your own performances , scripts , screenplays , designs , costumes or short films .
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