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Our Drama and Theatre Studies Practice Research programme allows academic research to be conducted through practice. It provides a unique opportunity for you to specialise in a particular area of creative practice.

The Department’s diverse expertise and rehearsal and performance facilities open up a wide range of practical research opportunities, such as the investigation of the processes of theatre making or the practical application of particular performance ideas and theories.

Your thesis must fully contextualise the practice, substantiating the claim that your work is innovative and demonstrating how it extends the chosen field of research and practice. The practice research PhD thesis (written in conjunction with the practical output) is 40,000 words. The MA by Research is assessed by a shorter thesis of 20,000 words plus the practice element.

The practice research will directly address your research questions and will be determined by the needs of the project. Recent PhD outputs include solo performance pieces, playwriting, immersive practice, workshops and community-based projects. The number and length of project outputs will be decided in consultation with your supervisors and must align with the aims and scope of the individual research enquiry. Outputs can be live or recorded, depending on the needs of the research and the most appropriate method of delivery for your research questions.

You may be interested in comparing this programme to the Drama and Theatre Studies PhD/MA by Research, which is delivered without the practice-based element of this course.