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Theatre and Performance

Drama student production of Hamlet

In the Theatre and Performance major, you’ll study theatre history, acting, directing and performance leadership, culminating in a fully realised original performance. The major is designed to prepare you to work as a performance maker or educator in the vibrant live performance industry.

Depending on your choice of electives, you can work with a professional director, explore physical theatre, develop your scriptwriting, or undertake an industry placement to build practical skills and valuable industry networks.

This major also builds skills in communication, creative problem solving, critical analysis, teamwork, time management and leadership.

Career opportunities

Director, actor, playwright, producer, educator, performer, community arts worker.

Major (8)

For a major in Theatre and Performance, students must successfully complete 8 courses:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
DRA100 Professional Learning: Teacher Identity and Professional Practice
DRA102 Internship
DRA202 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
DRA206 Professional Practice: Teacher as Researcher
DRA301 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
EGL205 Acting 1: The actor's craft

PLUS select 2 courses from:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
CMN200 Exploring Twentieth Century Theatre
DRA203 Directing Performance: Contemporary Perspectives
DRA204 Acting 2: Contemporary Shakespeare
CMN312 Devising Performance

**Note: Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Arts completing the major in Theatre and Performance are required to complete CMN312

Minor (4)

For a minor in Theatre and Performance, students must successfully complete 4 courses:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
DRA100 Imagined Homelands: An Exploration of Australian Literature
DRA102 Introduction to Screenwriting: The Art of Visual Storytelling
DRA202 Physical Theatre
DRA206 Theatre Production