Musical Theatre MA

<strong>This unique Masters will enhance your critical understanding of musical theatre as a popular entertainment genre.</strong><br/><br/><br/>• This programme will help you to sharpen your practical skills as a creative artist. On a practical level, it will assist you in working as a freelance writer, composer or producer of musical theatre.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• The MA focuses on the dramaturgy of the musical as a key factor in the future development of the genre.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Expert professionals are regularly employed as visiting tutors, to maintain direct links with the industry.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• You follow one of the three pathways as either:<br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>Producer</strong><br/><strong>Writer or composer</strong><br/><strong>Performer</strong><br/>• You undertake an analytic case study of a musical or production, a placement project and dissertation (producers), and a creative project involving either book and lyrics or music for a short original musical (writers and composers). On the performers pathway, you will undertake a musical theatre performer showcase.<br/>