Masters Degrees in Theatre Directing, United Kingdom

The MA in Theatre Making at Kent offers an opportunity to develop an advanced knowledge of practices, traditions and professional contexts of theatre making. Read more

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

This is a unique and renowned course designed specifically for those who are already practising as or who wish to establish themselves as professional theatre directors. Read more

This is a unique and renowned course designed specifically for those who are already practising as or who wish to establish themselves as professional theatre directors. Read more

Learn the craft of directing for the stage in practical and professionally controlled performance spaces. The aim of our new MA in Theatre Directing is to engage with the demands and expectations of the theatre director working in the contemporary theatrical context. Read more

The Drama Directing MA has been specially designed to equip students with high-level skills and knowledge to work professionally as a drama director. Read more

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

This Master's degree offers professionally recognised training for theatre directors. It is the result of a unique collaboration between Birkbeck and the Arts Council England, Equity and UK Theatre. Read more

This programme is one of the few taught Masters programmes of its kind in the world. Read more

This Master's degree in London Theatre explores London; the world’s stage. Read more

The MA Theatre Directing at UEA is one of the longest established in the UK. Read more

A postgraduate directing course for directors of theatre and live performance at all stages of their career. Direct productions in our theatres on campus and in Bath. Read more

Central has a long-standing and well recognised reputation for the dissemination of actor movement disciplines within the British theatre scene; these pioneering courses are the first of their kind in Europe. Read more

The digital age has intensified the need to study performance. Performance is no longer confined to a segregated place and time – the theatre – but is, literally, everywhere. Read more

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