Performing arts
Performing arts
Discover why our dance and drama courses were ranked 2nd in the UK out of 85 institutes, in the Guardian's University Guide 2023.
Our performing arts degree courses will help you develop the skills you’ll need to meet the highest professional standards of the industry while visiting professionals will enrich your learning experience with master classes and mock auditions.
What's more, our West London campus is situated just a short Tube ride from West End theatres and is surrounded by a plethora of professional fringe and community theatres.
Browse our performing arts courses below, learn about some of our alumni's alumni achievements, check out our amazing facilities and discover a selection of potential jobs for performing arts graduates.
Performing arts undergraduate courses
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BA (Hons) Acting (Performance) (West London Campus)
West London Campus
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BA (Hons) Musical Theatre (West London Campus)
West London Campus
Performing arts postgraduate courses
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MA Acting and Theatre Making (West London Campus)
West London Campus
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MA Music and Performing Arts Education (West London Campus)
West London Campus
Performing arts alumni
Recent UWL performing arts alumni have progressed on to a wide array of careers and performing arts jobs.
On the stage, recent graduates have gone on to work in the following West End & Broadway shows:
- Aladdin, & Juliet, A Strange Loop, The Band, The Barber Shop Chronicles, Book Of Mormon Calendar Girls, Choir Of Man, Dear England, The Deep Blue Sea, For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy, Horrible Histories, Jersey Boys, Kinky Boots, The Lehman Trilogy, The Lion King, Motown, Oklahoma, Six, The SpongeBob Musical, Standing At The Sky’s Edge, The Time Traveller’s Wife, The Tina Turner Musical.
As well as the following shows across the UK and the rest of the world:
- Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, Billionaire Boy, Boys Who Cry, Brief Encounter, Collabro, Dead Lies, Dreamgirls, Friends! The Musical, Glastonbury Festival, Grease, The Great Gatsby, Hairspray, Heathers, Jekyll & Hyde (NT), Kinky Boots, Les Miserables, Matilda, On Your Feet! The Musical, Our Lady Of Kibeho, The Rocky Horror Show, Six, Sleepless, Spring Awakening, Starlight Express, Teletubbies Live, This Is Elvis, We Will Rock You.
UWL graduates have also worked on the following television shows and films:
- The Baby, Britain’s Got Talent, Comic Relief, The Crown, Doctors, Dune, Eastenders, Coronation Street, Eurovision Song Contest, Father Brown, FBI: International, Grace, Heartstopper, Hope Street, It’s A Sin, Katla, Malpractice, Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream, Pennyworth, Rocketman, Silent Witness, Sister Boniface Mysteries, War Of The Worlds, Wedding Season, and The X Factor.
Performance spaces
Our high-quality performance spaces include Lawrence Hall and Vestry Hall.
Where can a performing arts degree take you?
A performing arts degree can open up career paths and lead to performing arts jobs in a wide range of areas including:
- theatre industry: performing, directing, writing, producing
- theatre organisations: arts administration, education and outreach officer, literary department, fundraising
- education: teacher (PGCE/ teacher training), teaching and learning assistant, arts education organisation, theatre in education company
- cultural heritage sector: engagement professional at museums and community heritage centres.