PhD Performing Arts and Production
The School of Arts offers a stimulating and supportive intellectual environment, consisting of a diverse culture of interdisciplinary postgraduate research. You’ll benefit from working with a team of both research-active and industry-connected supervisors.
Dance
We have a well-established research reputation and strong links and partnerships with arts organisations, professional dance companies, dance practitioners and publishing houses in the UK and internationally.
We welcome students interested in:
- dance, somatics and philosophy
- dance, spirituality and religious studies
- dance science
- performance praxis
- community dance and education
- inter-cultural and cross-cultural dance cultures.
Drama
Our growing drama community offers opportunities to engage in a rich programme of talks and workshops from visiting lecturers/companies. You’ll also benefit from our close links with local professional theatres and festivals.
You’ll be supported by staff whose specialisms include:
- devising
- writing for performance
- acting
- classical, immersive and participatory theatre
- theatrical adaptation
- multimedia and site-related performance
- theatre and education and applied theatre.
Performing Arts
Postgraduate study in performing arts covers a wide range of topics, with a focus on interdisciplinary work. Members of the performing arts team have a particular interest in practice as research.
Areas of research interest and experience include:
- musical theatre
- devising
- writing for performance
- live and mediated performance
- theatre and interactivity
- applied theatre
- health, wellbeing and resilience.
This research contributes to the research priority areas Sport, Exercise, Health and Wellbeing and Creative Practice as Research.
The School of Arts offers a stimulating and supportive intellectual environment, consisting of a diverse culture of interdisciplinary postgraduate research. You’ll benefit from working with a team of both research-active and industry-connected supervisors.
Dance
We have a well-established research reputation and strong links and partnerships with arts organisations, professional dance companies, dance practitioners and publishing houses in the UK and internationally.
We welcome students interested in:
- dance, somatics and philosophy
- dance, spirituality and religious studies
- dance science
- performance praxis
- community dance and education
- inter-cultural and cross-cultural dance cultures.
Drama
Our growing drama community offers opportunities to engage in a rich programme of talks and workshops from visiting lecturers/companies. You’ll also benefit from our close links with local professional theatres and festivals.
You’ll be supported by staff whose specialisms include:
- devising
- writing for performance
- acting
- classical, immersive and participatory theatre
- theatrical adaptation
- multimedia and site-related performance
- theatre and education and applied theatre.
Performing Arts
Postgraduate study in performing arts covers a wide range of topics, with a focus on interdisciplinary work. Members of the performing arts team have a particular interest in practice as research.
Areas of research interest and experience include:
- musical theatre
- devising
- writing for performance
- live and mediated performance
- theatre and interactivity
- applied theatre
- health, wellbeing and resilience.
This research contributes to the research priority areas Sport, Exercise, Health and Wellbeing and Creative Practice as Research.
