BTEC, IB and EB are also considered. Students are only accepted after participating in a practical workshop and interview. As for Single Honours. The Theatre Arts programmes at Birmingham aim to provide all students with a grounding in the arts involved in performance in a theatre.
Students acquire an all-round knowledge of the theatre as well as direct experience of performance.
The department is a leader in practical theatre, and places the role of the performer at the centre of the theatrical event through a combination of core courses in practical and theoretical aspects of the subject, with further choice available to all students from among a number of specialised options in both drama and dance. Additionally the department has the use of a large dance studio equipped for dance performance. The first year is a foundation year in which you acquire a common language of analysis and performance. There is no public performance, but all students take practical courses in voice and scenario work as well as the acting techniques of Konstantin Stanislavsky and other 20th century theatre practitioners. There are also classes in modern dance language and the bases of physical performance.