ResM Theatre and Performance at University of Plymouth

This research masters programme will enable you to become an innovative, confident and well-prepared researcher in an area of 20th century or contemporary theatre, live art, popular or interdisciplinary performance. You’ll benefit from close guidance while studying the topic of your choice through creative practice, textual or archival research.

We will help you to ground your work in current debates, approaches and theories, equipping you with the advanced skills, knowledge and methodologies to excel in performance research.

Key features

• Become an independent, forward-looking, creative theatre and performance researcher, able to engage in, and respond to, the challenges of the contemporary world.
• Advance on a well-supported route that enables you to progress from undergraduate studies to doctoral level research in an environment that tests the boundaries, definitions and potential of performance and theatre.
• Acquire a sophisticated range of subject specific and transferable research skills through seminars and workshops.
• Focus on a specific research project in theatre and performance under the guidance of a supervisory team.
• Work in our dynamic, state-of-the-art performance centre, The House.
• Work in a department that places equal value on practice-led and traditional methods of research and their expression.
• Pursue a masters degree while in employment. The contact hours for the part-time ResM programme make it possible for you to work part time while you study - you don’t even need to live locally.
• Engage with Plymouth’s vibrant theatre and performance scene which includes Theatre Royal Plymouth, Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth Fringe and the Barbican Theatre, alongside performances and events hosted by the department itself.