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Masters Degrees in Theatre Directing
We have 55 Masters Degrees in Theatre Directing
Masters degrees in Theatre Directing equip postgraduates with the skills to manage a team of performers and direct staged theatre productions. Taught MA and MFA courses are typical for the field. Entry requirements normally include an undergraduate degree in a relevant subject, such as Performances Studies or Drama.
Why study a Masters in Theatre Directing?
## The purpose of these degrees in to train you in understanding theatre production processes within a context of both contemporary theatre making and the dramatic tradition through history. You will develop your personal artistic techniques as a director, evaluating written literature and analysing various performance types to find your own vision. Through consideration of directing methodologies, you will explore techniques in adaptation and collaboration, working with designers, performers and choreographers to develop a holistic directing style. Through applied practise, you will develop your craft skills and technical abilities, advancing your knowledge in the operations and logistics of theatre performance, whether for the stage or different public spaces. As a professional director, you may work collaboratively with a specific theatre company, dance company or artists’ guild. Your expertise would also make you suitable for stage management, or curating live arts or museum exhibitions.Refine your search
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Theatre for Young Audiences MA/MFA
Rose Bruford College
Drama, Theatre and Performance
This programme is for those who are interested in making and performing theatre by, with and for young people. Theatre for Young Audiences is a practical training programme for performers and makers from a range of disciplines, that explores approaches to making work for, by and with children and young people. Read more
Theatre Directing - MFA
Trinity College Dublin
School of Drama, Film and Music
The Master in Fine Art Theatre Directing programme is the first entirely practice-based Masters programme of its kind in Ireland. Read more
MFA Theatre Directing
University of Essex
East 15 Acting School
East 15 Acting School’s MA/MFA Theatre Directing is a unique and renowned course designed specifically for those who are already practicing as or who wish to establish themselves as professional theatre directors. Read more
MA Theatre Directing
University of Essex
East 15 Acting School
East 15 Acting School’s MA/MFA Theatre Directing is a unique and renowned course designed specifically for those who are already practicing as or who wish to establish themselves as professional theatre directors. Read more
London Theatre - MA, PGDip, PGCert
St Mary’s University, Twickenham
Education, Humanities and Social Sciences
This Master's degree in London Theatre explores London; the world’s stage. Read more
Theatre Directing (MFA)
Birkbeck, University of London
School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication
This MFA Theatre Directing offers professionally recognised training for theatre directors. Read more
MA Theatre Directing: Text and Production
University of East Anglia
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Kick-start your directing or criticism career with one of the UK’s longest established Theatre Directing Master’s courses. You will learn from leaders in directing, actor-training, contemporary writing, adaptation and dramaturgy. Read more
MA - Theatre Making
University of Kent
School of Arts
Develop your voice as an artist, your skill as a theatre-maker, your critical thinking and your industry and business knowledge by joining our MA Theatre Making. Read more
MA Theatre Practice
University of Essex
Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Our interdisciplinary MA Theatre Practice provides an opportunity for you to develop advanced knowledge of different processes of theatre-making, international performance traditions, approaches to practice-as-research (PaR), and methods of writing, directing and devising in professional contexts. Read more
Theatre Directing MA
University of East London
School of Arts and Digital Industries
If you want to pursue a professional career as a theatre director, underpinned by a clear intellectual understanding of your practice, then our exceptional and practical MA course is ideally suited to you. Read more
Theatre Directing MFA
University of East London
School of Arts and Digital Industries
This is a practice based programme for those wishing to develop a career as a professional theatre director, an innovative theatre praxis and an understanding of creative producing in London, the centre of British theatre. Read more
MA Theatre Directing
Royal Holloway, University of London
Department of Drama, Theatre & Dance
This is a unique opportunity to work intensively with Katie Mitchell OBE , one of the most acclaimed, important and innovative directors in Europe. Read more
MA Musical Theatre - Musical Directing
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Communications
The MA Musical Directing pathway is designed to support the development of skills and creative thought for musicians with a passion for theatre. Read more
International Theatre Practice and Performance MA/MFA
Rose Bruford College
Drama, Theatre and Performance
International Theatre Practice and Performance (ITPP) offers training for actors, directors and writers. Training as actors, directors and writers. Read more
Contemporary Directing Practice MA/MFA
Rose Bruford College
Drama, Theatre and Performance
This advanced and rigorous MA/ MFA Contemporary Directing Practice programme offers an experiential two-year course, where students will develop their vocabulary and find their own voice and vision as a director, while acquiring and honing a diverse variety of skills, techniques, tools and devices. Read more
