About BA (honours) Acting And Performance in Sheffield Hallam University

Course summary

• Develop your skills as an actor and performer
• Create digital materials to showcase your work
• Research, plan and execute a wide range of performances at a professional level
• Use performance to engage with communities and challenge real-world issues.

You’ll be immersed in the creative process of making and presenting theatre and performance in a range of styles and across a range of platforms (such as stage, screen, audio and digital/new media). You will develop your acting skills and contribute to our own festival, The Change Makers Festival.

On this practical course, you’ll take part in interactive lectures, seminars and workshops and have the opportunity to work with industry partners on live projects.At the end of your second year, you’ll travel abroad to see performances made and presented in a different context.

You learn through 

• practical workshops
• working in an ensemble
• going to see performances
• independent study
• undertaking real-life projects for external clients
• lectures and seminars

Work placements

In your second year, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with external partners, undertake a work placement or develop your own enterprise idea. 

You’ll work both independently and in groups, bringing your ideas to life in response to real briefs.

Live projects 

We work with a range of local organisations (theatres, film makers, theatre companies and arts organisations) on live briefs, with staff often producing work for local festivals. You’ll be invited to participate in these projects, giving you the chance to work alongside industry professionals. 

Field trips 

You will have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of trips throughout your time on the course. We are ideally located close to Sheffield Theatres and regularly see performances there, but you will also travel to see work in other cities in the north, nationwide, and where possible, internationally. In past years, students have attended international theatre festivals and/or performed work in Prague, Venice, Berlin and Paris.

Networking opportunities 

We have excellent links to local actors, companies and venues, so you’ll have plenty of opportunities to meet and talk to people from the industry.

Future careers

Our students have gone on to rewarding and fulfilling careers in

• the acting profession
• the creative industries
• film production
• marketing, communications and media
• education
• creative arts facilitation
• the charity sector
• public facing professions such as HR, training and customer service
• and a number have set up their own companies

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for

• The Royal Shakespeare Company
• Blowfish
• Forced Entertainment
• Third Angel
• GrowTheatre
• Sheffield Theatres

Undergraduate programmes

Applicants with the following qualifications from India will be considered for entry on to undergraduate programmes

• Standard XII with an average score of 65 per cent
• A levels
• International Baccalaureate
• HND qualifications will be considered for entry to the second or third year of a relevant undergraduate degree

• Applicants who have completed the first year of an undergraduate degree at an Indian university may be considered for direct entry to Sheffield Hallam University undergraduate programmes.

  For details of standard UCAS tariff points for undergraduate entry, please see the UG entry webpage.

  Sheffield Hallam welcomes applications from international school students taking the International Baccalaureate Diploma and those achieving 28 points or more will usually be successful in obtaining an offer of a place on our undergraduate programmes. For information about IB points equivalencies against the UCAS tariff please visit the UCAS website.

English Language entry requirements are listed in the entry requirements section of the online prospectus. The information provided below is intended to help you understand the different English Language qualifications we will accept.

Courses at NQF Level 6 and above (includes BA, BSc, MA, MSc, MPhil, PhD)

We consider the following English language qualifications for courses at degree level (NQF Level 6) or above requiring

an IELTS for UKVI* 6.0 or equivalent entry requirement (*IELTS may be accepted if you do not require a Tier 4 student visa)

IELTS for UKVI*      

• IELTS for UKVI* 6.0
• Listening: minimum level 5.5
• Speaking: minimum level 5.5
• Reading: minimum level 5.5
• Writing: minimum level 5.5

TOEFL 

• Internet based    79
• Listening: minimum level 17
• Speaking: minimum level 20
• Reading: minimum level 18
• Writing: minimum level 17

Pearson    

• PTE 52
• Listening: minimum level 51
• Speaking: minimum level 51
• Reading: minimum level 51
• Writing: minimum level 51

Cambridge IGCSE English as a First Language (Syllabus 0500 and 0522)    

• Grade C
• Listening: minimum Grade D (0522) or 2 (0500)
• Speaking: minimum Grade D (0522) or 2 (0500)
• Reading: minimum Grade E 
• Writing: minimum Grade E

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