Music Theatre, MA

About the course

On the MA Music Theatre at Central, we see performers as creators, and regularly produce new works with professional composers, writers, directors and choreographers.

Encourages and develops a wide range of skills, with acting, singing and movement at the core, across many genres and styles
Experience a diversity of music theatre forms in public productions, from conventional Broadway and West End repertoire to new writing and opera
Alumni successes internationally include opera, television, film, live action animation, video-games, theatre, musicals, stand-up comedy and actor-musicianship.

Our approach

An established team of specialist lecturers and professional artists deliver classes and workshops. Our work is multidisciplinary: flexibility and sustainability are at its centre, and collaborative teamwork is the model. Research is embedded, reflecting the specific methodologies required by performers at a professional level.

The course is conservatoire-based, intense and demanding across four extended terms, with demands of commitment from students. The well-being of the students is fundamental and regular attention to physical, mental and intellectual well-being is uniquely supported.

Course Detail

This master’s level, conservatoire-style training provides the opportunity for music and theatre practitioners to develop performance techniques and creative skills and experience some of the diversity of music theatre forms.

Assessment

Assessment is by public performances, process, examination and written submissions.