Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Drama (Performance)

Program Available at Rathmines Road (September 2020 you will be among the first students to move to our state-of-the-art campus in Grangegorman)

This is a three-year, full-time program in practical drama training and education. The TU Dublin Conservatoire has over 20 years’ experience in drama training and is one of the leading centers of education in the performing arts in Ireland. Our graduates have had national and international success as actors, directors, drama facilitators, and drama researchers.

You’ll study fundamental acting techniques, voice, and language in performance (including Shakespeare), and performance in a variety of cultural, historical and aesthetic contexts.

You’ll develop your body through movement, singing, dance, and combat. You’ll learn how to use drama in social and educational contexts through performance and running workshops, and how to analyze and write about a wide range of drama and performance.

Over the three years, there are two small-scale productions and large-scale graduating production. While practical performance is at the core of the program, you’ll be required to undertake substantial academic research and analysis as well.

Modules include Acting, Voice and Speech, Ensemble Performance, Movement, Singing & Dance, Drama Facilitation, Monologue and Scene Study, Shakespeare and the Acted Word, Irish Drama and Modern
Drama, Renaissance Drama to Romantic Drama, Theatre in Education, Acting to Camera, Radio Drama, and Contemporary Theatre and Drama.