MPhil Drama, Theatre and Performance

University of Sussex

Explore theatre across time, from early modern drama to today’s experimental theatre. Develop your research project using critical theory and practice. Our faculty are theatre-makers, performance artists, theatre historians and performance theorists. They are experts in diverse interdisciplinary approaches to the study of drama, theatre and performance. Areas of study We welcome applicants with practice-as-research projects as well as historical, critical and theoretical approaches to the following areas of study: contemporary performance practice and experimental theatre non-human performance theatre and ethics Live Art, visual art and body-based practices queer and feminist performance dance and the choreographic performance and popular cultures contemporary theatre directing interdisciplinary intersections (for example between performance and music) early modern drama in contemporary performance pedagogies of actor training. Spirit of Sussex Award Feel involved in life at the University, make friends and enrich your experience with us – the Spirit of Sussex Award is our way of recognising your extracurricular and voluntary achievements.

Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities