Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Music Production and Creative Recording] From University of Brighton

The Shakespeare and Theatre programme offered by the University of BirminghamÊencourages a historical approach to interpretation and styles of presentation and it promotes the value of close reading as the basis for evaluating the plays on the page, stage, and screen.Ê

You will have the opportunity to look at different productions and adaptations of ShakespeareÕs plays in their historical, political, and cultural contexts and to think about the performance choices actors and directors make when approaching ShakespeareÕs texts. You can also study how the textual history of ShakespeareÕs plays influences performance today.

Careers

Postgraduates at the Shakespeare Institute are able to develop a broad range of creative, research and theatre skills, as well as in-depth subject knowledge.

Over the past five years, over 96% of our postgraduates were in work and/or further study six months after graduation.

In recent years, our postgraduates have successfully entered a variety of sectors from teaching in secondary and higher education to performing arts, publishing, museums and library and archive work. Employers that graduates have gone on to work for include: National Trust; Royal Shakespeare Company; Shakespeare Birthplace Trust; Shakespeare's Globe, University of Birmingham and University of Oxford.