Bachelor of Arts - Theatre and Performance

The Bachelor of Arts is the ultimate, flexible university degree. With over twenty named majors, you can select subjects to build your knowledge, and electives to enhance your skills. Our students are curious about the big questions of life, embrace the joy of open enquiry, and are on a life-long quest for knowledge and inspiration. At the University of Tasmania, you will be part of an academic community that cares deeply about the topics that we teach and study. In the Theatre and Performance major you will develop skills through practice-led learning, to become creative, critical and resilient practitioners. At the same time you will explore the history and theory of theatre and performance, delving into the history of theatre, and the future of performance practice, enriching your capacity to create innovative work that responds to the twenty-first century world.

Through critical and reflective engagement you will learn how to manage creative projects, lead collaborative processes and develop communication and problem-solving skills. You will develop practical and technical skills for performance within wider artistic, social, political and environmental contexts while exploring the best of contemporary theatre practice. Through our Creative Curriculum units, you will have the opportunity to extend your skills through work-integrated learning placements in acclaimed Tasmanian festivals like Dark MOFO, Mona Foma, Ten Days on the Island, The Unconformity or Junction Arts Festival. You will be studying at the Annexe in Launceston or at the Hedberg in Hobart which are dedicated working theatres and studios. Through the unique blend of practice-based and theoretical offerings in this major, you will learn how to pursue a sustainable practice, and gain highly transferable skills which are valuable in a range of career pathways within the creative industries and beyond.

Admission to undergraduate courses at the University of Tasmania requires the completion of qualifications equivalent to a 12th year of education in Australia.

Most of our undergraduate programs have the following English language requirements.

IELTS (Academic) - 6.0 (no individual band less than 5.5)

TOEFL (iBT) 72 (no skill below: Reading 10; Listening 9; Speaking 16; Writing 19)

PTE Academic 50 with no score lower than 42

UTAS Access-English Level 6 - 60% (no individual score less than 55%)

Cambridge CAE (Certificate of Advanced English) - B Grade

Cambridge CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) - C Grade

Cambridge BEC (Business English Certificate) Higher - C Grade