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170 Master's degrees in Drama in United Kingdom

Secondary English with Drama
This Secondary English with Drama course from London Metropolitan University will train you to teach 11 to 16-year-olds and, by arrangement, can also give you additional experience in the post-16 age group.
Acting for Screen
The MA Acting for Screen degree at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is a professional training that focuses on acting in film, television and screen-related media. Primarily for those with previous training or professional experience, it explores the expressive potential of performance and the relationship between performers and camera.
Contemporary Pantomime Practice
Study the first ever Masters level qualification that offers research and practical study in Contemporary Pantomime Practice. Learn more with this master of Contemporary Pantomime Practice from Staffordshire University.
Advanced Theatre Practice
As a student on the MA or MFA Advanced Theatre Practice at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, you can expect to engage in a collaborative laboratory for practical experimentation, create new work for an extensive range of public encounters, play a leading role in tomorrow’s performance and theatre making worlds.
Acting
Their intensive and highly practical MA Acting at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) will enable you to develop and enhance your acting skills to a professional level. Guided by our world-class teaching team you will become part of a creative and collaborative community.

Theatre Directing - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the Theatre Directing - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Birkbeck, University of London.

Theatre Studies (Playwriting)
The Theatre Studies (Playwriting) degree offered at University of Essex is led by a vibrant group of playwrights and theatre practitioners who all work professionally in the theatre industry alongside their University teaching.

Theatre Practice
The interdisciplinary Theatre Practice degree offered by University of Essex provides an opportunity for you to develop advanced knowledge of different processes of theatre-making, international performance traditions, approaches to practice-as-research (PaR), and methods of writing, directing and devising in professional contexts.

Theatre Practice
Designed for aspiring theatre practitioners and cultural leaders, this distinctive two-year Theatre Practice course at The University of Exeter offers advanced training in performance, cultural leadership, and socially engaged practice - equipping students to innovate and lead across diverse creative and community contexts.

Theatre Practice
Throughout the Theatre Practice MA programme from The University of Exeter you extend your practice, sharpen your critical skills and learn to contextualise your work culturally and politically.
Performance Making
This unique international Performance Making programme, offered by Goldsmiths, University of London, brings diverse individuals into collaborative research, acknowledging the challenges of creating original, performer-driven theatre in today's complex, globalised culture.
Theatre Directing
The University of East London offers a Master of Arts (MA) in Theatre Directing. This full-time programme spans one year, allowing students to immerse themselves in the practical and theoretical aspects of theatre direction. Designed for those aspiring to become professional directors, this course combines academic rigor with hands-on experience.
Movement - Directing and Teaching
Central has a long-standing and well recognised reputation for the dissemination of actor movement disciplines within the British theatre scene; these pioneering courses are the first of their kind in Europe. The Movement - Directing and Teaching program is offered at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Music and Performing Arts Education
This Music and Performing Arts Education course from the University of West London aims to develop your performance teaching, leadership, and research skills across a variety of global music and performing arts educational contexts.
Research in Theatre and Performance Studies
The MA by Research in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Warwick offers a unique opportunity to design a bespoke programme of research in a department with a strong international reputation for research excellence. This degree offers the flexibility to undertake a written thesis or a combination of practice as research and written component.
Performance MFA
An interdisciplinary and collaborative programme that embraces experimentation while preparing you for the future of performance. Choose your specialist pathway to develop a deeper understanding of your area of interest.
Theatre, Performance and Critical Culture
The Theatre, Performance and Critical Culture M.A. at King's College London is a dynamic programme designed for those passionate about the performing arts. This full-time degree immerses students in critical theories and cultural practices, providing a comprehensive understanding of performance in contemporary contexts.

Acting
Upon completion of the Master: Acting from the University of Surrey, you will have an advanced knowledge of context, style and genre in the practice of acting, with a coherent personal approach to acting techniques
Choreography
The MFA in Choreography at the University of Roehampton is a two-year, full-time programme designed to refine your artistic voice. This degree provides an immersive experience, integrating creative and technical skills essential for a successful career in the arts sector. Join us to explore choreography's potential in various contexts and make a meaningful impact.
Acting - Classical
The Acting - Classical course at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama draws on the hugely influential theories and techniques for training the expressive body, voice and imagination. Working with some of the greatest dramatic texts ever written, you are asked to consider what they mean now, and how their 21st century reinterpretation and re-imagining still holds a ‘mirror up to nature.