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527 Master's degrees in Drama
Drama and Performance Studies
The College of Humanities, the largest of UKZN’s four Colleges, is the home of critical thinking, social commentary and robust intellectual debate. It is aptly referred to as “The Soul of the University.” We offer a master degree in Drama and Performance Studies at University of Kwazulu Natal.
Theatre
The Master of Fine Arts in Theatre in Design and Production is an intensive program from University of British Columbia intended to prepare students for work as designers in the professional theatre.
Acting
The Acting Program from California Institute of the Arts CalArts offers classically centered training with an eye toward the future, and is designed to prepare emerging artists for the performance challenges of the 21st Century.
Theatre Making
The Theatre Making programme from University of Kent offers an opportunity to develop advanced knowledge of practices, traditions and professional contexts of theatre making through academic engagement, practice-based learning, individual supervision and professional study.
Design - Theatre Technology
Gain the specialized skills you need in acting, directing, playwriting, design, dramaturgy and stage management to become a successful theatre professional or post-secondary professor with the Design - Theatre Technology program at University of South Dakota.

Playwriting and Dramaturgy
The Playwriting and Dramaturgy programme of the University of Glasgow gives you a practical and theoretical engagement with the many forms of writing and production for theatre. Blending practice, theory and history, the programme is designed for those wishing to develop playwriting skills and knowledge of script development and support, opening the way to many theatre roles, including dramaturgy.

Contemporary Theatre, Dance and Dramaturgy
The Contemporary Theatre, Dance and Dramaturgy programme at Utrecht University focuses on new and interdisciplinary forms of theatre, dance and dramaturgy. It is interested in how performance and choreography respond to current societal phenomena, how this leads to new artistic forms and strategies and new modes of storytelling.

Theatre
Ideal for those in full-time employment or commitments, our Theatre programme from University of Surrey allows you to study at your own pace through distance learning, so you can pursue your passion for theatre and develop industry connections around your existing commitments or work.
Dramatic Arts
The Dramatic Arts programme at the University of Lethbridge is a comprehensive Master of Arts degree delivered in person at the Lethbridge campus. This full-time, 24-month course focuses on advanced research through coursework and a thesis, offering students a rigorous academic environment to explore theatre and performance.
Theatre - Musical Theatre Pedagogy
This Theatre - Musical Theatre Pedagogy track at the University of Central Florida provides secondary and post-secondary (community/state college) teachers, as well as developing theatre scholars, the opportunity to strengthen their knowledge of musical theatre pedagogy and theory beyond the undergraduate level, which usually focuses, primarily, on performance skills.
Applied Theatre and Social Change
This Applied Theatre and Social Change MA course from University of Leeds is centred on the belief that applied theatre has the ability to create individual, community and social change.
Acting
Acting from Academy of Art University is run by an Oscar-winning producer and 11-time Academy Award nominee and is taught by a combination of professional actors and award-winning directors who focus on developing the strengths and professional horizons of each MFA actor.
Theatre (Musical Theatre)
The Theatre (Musical Theatre) program at The University of Wales Trinity Saint David is an intensive one-year postgraduate programme which offers practical training that will equip participants in the ‘triple-threat’ disciplines of acting, singing, dancing. All of our teaching staff are theatre professionals that work in higher education as well as the industry.
Acting
The Acting programme at Birmingham City University is rooted in practice and designed with international graduates in mind.
Theatre
The Department of Theatre offers the Theatre degree at University of Arkansas in six concentrations: Acting, Directing, Playwriting, Costume Design, Scene Design and Lighting Design.
Theatre - Directing
Gain the specialized skills you need in acting, directing, playwriting, design, dramaturgy and stage management to become a successful theatre professional or post-secondary professor with the Theatre - Directing program from University of South Dakota.
Performance and Theatre Making
Create innovative new theatre by cultivating your dramaturgical skills, performance training and critical thinking. Gain confidence in facilitation and community engagement to reach your audiences. Build your networks and industry knowledge through placement study. Emerge with a well-rounded skillset that prepares you to make, perform and facilitate creative work for the contemporary cultural environment.

Acting for Film
This full-time Acting for Film course from University of Chichester delivers highly practical training to fully equip you to transition from your undergraduate degree into the modern industry.

Theatre and Performance Practices
The Theatre and Performance Practices programme of the University of Glasgow engages with a range of theatre and performance practices, explored in a critically informed context. The programme encompasses practices such as contemporary devising and production dramaturgy, autobiographical performance, and socially/politically engaged practice.
Music, Theatre and Performance Studies
This master's programme in Music, Theatre and Performance Studies at University of Groningen offers two specializations: one in Popular Music, Sound and Media Cultures and another in Theatre, Culture and Media studies. Each specialization encompasses both emergent and historically established practices in music and theatre and the performing arts.