Program Overview

• Develop your creativity in both writing and drama and explore how your own writing might impact performance in a vibrant theatrical industry
• Move progressively through a structured series of writing assignments and exercises, enhanced by a workshop environment
• Choose from an extensive range of cutting-edge optional modules to enable you to follow your interests and career aspirations

Are you an aspiring author longing to see your characters come to life in costume and make-up? If you are passionate about writing and drama, our Creative Writing and Drama degree offers a rich learning adventure, based on practical experiences.

Our workshops encourage you to evolve as writers in new and individual ways, and explore the words that have shaped our world in wider literary and cultural contexts.
The Drama element to the course complements these literary explorations and allows you to develop your creative and practical skills through real-life experience in the theatre or community.

In Year 1, you write in different media, genres and styles through modules that include Theatre Making and Scriptwriting. You also explore the historic context of theatre productions and the political underpinning of texts and practices.

In Year 2, you choose from a fascinating and varied spectrum of optional modules including, Interactive and Experimental Fictions and Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology. You also make the most of opportunities to work collaboratively with fellow students and professionals on a production project and a professional placement.

In the final year, you investigate the relationships between writing and other spheres such as publishing, producing, community audiences, and teaching. Inspiring optional modules include Script to Screen, Writing for Games and Creative Teaching for Creative Writing. The final chapter of the course is an extended independent project.

Our graduates are forward-thinking, team-playing, articulate and creative communicators. After three years of study, they start out in careers as playwrights in the theatre industry, or become professional writers. They also work in publishing, advertising, marketing, community settings or education.