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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 Bringing Data to Life: Creating, curating and protecting data
DRA102 Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Organisations in the Digital Age
DRA202 Start-up LaunchLab
DRA206 Organisations in the Digital Age
DRA301 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
EGL205 Reading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writing

PLUS select 2 courses from:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
CMN200 Working Effectively with Aboriginal People
DRA203 Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
DRA204 Acting 1: The actor's craft
CMN312 Exploring Twentieth Century Theatre

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

Minor (4)

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

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
DRA100 Directing Performance: Contemporary Perspectives
DRA102 Acting 2: Contemporary Shakespeare
DRA202 Devising Performance
DRA206 Imagined Homelands: An Exploration of Australian Literature