BA (Hons) Musical Theatre

... United Kingdom
... University of Portsmouth

Course Overview

Musical theatre is one of the most popular forms of entertainment. For over a century, it’s helped us to understand how the world works, generating stories of hope and optimism while considering the challenging issues at the heart of being human.

Develop vital stagecraft skills in movement, voice, acting, and devising on our Musical Theatre degree course and explore contemporary approaches to music and theatre. You’ll immerse yourself in all forms of practice, create new musicals. stage a full production in your first and final year, and produce a professional showreel for use in the industry.

You'll also examine musical theatre's significance in popular culture and society, exploring themes such as the representation of race, gender and politics on the local and global stage, and gain vital transferable skills for all kinds of career opportunities after you graduate.

Along the way, you’ll use specialist facilities, collaborate with students on other creative courses, work with professional composers, writers, and directors, and perform in many fantastic locations – in Portsmouth and beyond.

General Eligibility

  • A levels – BBB–BBC

  • UCAS points – 112-120 points to include a minimum of 2 A levels, or equivalent

  • T levels – Merit

  • BTECs (Extended Diplomas) – DDM–DMM

  • International Baccalaureate – 25

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

  • The IELTS score for international applicants is 6.0 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).

Programme Information
...
Course Category

Music and Performance


...
Campus Name

Guildhall Campus


...
Course Level

Undergraduate


...
Duration

Full-Time, 3/4 years(inc. placement year)


...
Available Intake

September


...
IELTS Score


...
Tuition Fees Range

9250,

18100, (INT)


Subject Recommendations for You
BA(Hons) Performing Arts
University of Gloucestershire
Campus

Cheltenham, Gloucester and London

Entry Score

5.5

Course Level

Undergraduate

Total Course Fee

9250

BSc Chemistry for Drug Discovery
Canterbury Christ Church University-CCCU
Campus

Canterbury and Medway

Entry Score

6.0

Course Level

Undergraduate

Total Course Fee

£9,250, £13,000

Campus

Lancaster

Entry Score

6.5

Course Level

Undergraduate

Total Course Fee

21980

Discover Your Next Read
...
Why you will go UK for better study ? Learn more from this blog...
...
Why you will go UK for better study ? Learn more from this blog...
Request history8.1.11PHP Version793msRequest Duration2MBMemory UsageGET course-details/{id?}Route
  • warninglog[14:47:25] LOG.warning: Calling static trait method App\Traits\Service::get_intake_with_next_year is...
  • Booting (23.79ms)time
  • Application (770ms)time
  • 1 x Application (97%)
    770ms
    1 x Booting (3%)
    23.79ms
    4 templates were rendered
    • course-detailscourse-details.blade.php#?blade
    • ajax.homejshomejs.blade.php#?blade
    • layouts.appapp.blade.php#?blade
    • ajax.menusearchjsmenusearchjs.blade.php#?blade
    uri
    GET course-details/{id?}
    middleware
    web
    controller
    App\Http\Controllers\CourseController@details
    namespace
    prefix
    where
    file
    app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:130-145
    13 statements were executed, 3 of which were duplicates, 10 unique. Show only duplicated740ms
    • Connection Establishedstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Backtrace
      • 15. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 16. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `courses` where `id` = 'e72cf78d05744631bc8179cb4a49ee15' limit 1
      2.36msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: e72cf78d05744631bc8179cb4a49ee15
      Backtrace
      • 16. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 20. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` in ('114')
      920μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 114
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `represent_countries` where `represent_countries`.`id` in ('1')
      720μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 26. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 28. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 29. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 30. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `countries` where `countries`.`id` in ('235')
      530μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 235
      Backtrace
      • 31. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 32. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 33. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 34. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 35. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` in ('1')
      510μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `categories` where `categories`.`id` in ('56') order by `category_name` asc
      610μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 56
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `courses` where `course_level_id` = '1' order by RAND() limit 3
      729msstaging_liveCourseController.php#138
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 15. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:138
      • 16. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '82' limit 1
      1.18msstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 82
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '1' limit 1
      810μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '6' limit 1
      1.05msstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 6
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '1' limit 1
      640μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '29' limit 1
      920μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 29
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '1' limit 1
      520μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    App\Models\Course
    4Course.php#?
    App\Models\Institute
    4Institute.php#?
    App\Models\CourseLevel
    4CourseLevel.php#?
    App\Models\RepresentCountry
    1RepresentCountry.php#?
    App\Models\Country
    1Country.php#?
    App\Models\Category
    1Category.php#?
        _token
        2vj57EmUJl6rX0fyMIENli8aNPfaGcpqMiMc4FaO
        current_url
        https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/e72cf78d05744631bc8179cb4a49ee15
        _previous
        array:1 [ "url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/e72cf78d05744631bc8179cb4a49ee15" ]
        _flash
        array:2 [ "old" => [] "new" => [] ]
        PHPDEBUGBAR_STACK_DATA
        []
        path_info
        /course-details/e72cf78d05744631bc8179cb4a49ee15
        status_code
        200
        
        status_text
        OK
        format
        html
        content_type
        text/html; charset=UTF-8
        request_query
        []
        
        request_request
        []
        
        request_headers
        0 of 0
        array:16 [ "cookie" => array:1 [ 0 => "_tt_enable_cookie=1; _ttp=01JXJ9R8Q4RG49JZZ69DGCRS70_.tt.1; _fbp=fb.1.1749739643765.968778596163953460; ttcsid_CLKVGJRC77U3V0M5NEGG=1749739643624::_WJBKWFKUt9PdBoW7aL4.1.1749739643926; ttcsid=1749739643625::_qlyGwEBFbtJHIO1tSxI.1.1749739643927; XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6InMyeFBqTzI2anUrcXVkUmlLOVhIaGc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoieFBEZGlFVWt6R0c0L0RaeUxzaU9wd1hZS3BFTUpYYlBib0ppSzg2SWtvT01vUzJQOUxnYVk4ekZpMHp4OUgvWk9wRzhaK0t3eU9ONFR4ZWpmREFPc2RTdlpFb3FZSmowbjNoMXlaVEZFYVlsSVQzbHJEdU1GVzRLQXI2ZE5NNHgiLCJtYWMiOiJhYzAzM2U3Njk0YmY5MjRlMWRlYmQ2YWQ2NmY5ZjhiMjgwM2U4NTYzMDIyY2UxZWZiYWQxNzkyYjYxMTE3NjQ1IiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6ImRROTlKWUxxN0NKbmpMQmEzMWp3L1E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiek1yeUtBRnllZUhwZkhIdHUvdXBFNVdOd0dCdzhHWGpDYWNJVU91bCtvTm9XeC9aNVYra2xWbGJnWURibDg5V3NrMnAzdWh3UnJLdDhjWjJvSUtoUUhTYlp2UTFFVG9rVmUrdlZFS0Q3a2h5RHpmMmpCdDEzOER2QlpqOUpRSXMiLCJtYWMiOiJkNGE5MDk4YmYzYzFmM2RkZDI1ZTU1NDRlZmYzNWIzOGEyNTNkMmY2MTM3YzFjZmVlMTU5MWY3MzUxOWM3NmM3IiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D_tt_enable_cookie=1; _ttp=01JXJ9R8Q4RG49JZZ69DGCRS70_.tt.1; _fbp=fb.1.1749739643765.968778596163953460; ttcsid_CLKVGJRC77U3V0M5NEGG=1749739643624::_WJBKWFKUt9Pd" ] "priority" => array:1 [ 0 => "u=0, i" ] "accept-encoding" => array:1 [ 0 => "gzip, deflate, br, zstd" ] "sec-fetch-dest" => array:1 [ 0 => "document" ] "sec-fetch-user" => array:1 [ 0 => "?1" ] "sec-fetch-mode" => array:1 [ 0 => "navigate" ] "sec-fetch-site" => array:1 [ 0 => "none" ] "accept" => array:1 [ 0 => "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7" ] "user-agent" => array:1 [ 0 => "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)" ] "upgrade-insecure-requests" => array:1 [ 0 => "1" ] "sec-ch-ua-platform" => array:1 [ 0 => ""Windows"" ] "sec-ch-ua-mobile" => array:1 [ 0 => "?0" ] "sec-ch-ua" => array:1 [ 0 => ""Chromium";v="130", "HeadlessChrome";v="130", "Not?A_Brand";v="99"" ] "cache-control" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache" ] "pragma" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache" ] "host" => array:1 [ 0 => "staging.bheuni.io" ] ]
        request_cookies
        0 of 0
        array:7 [ "_tt_enable_cookie" => null "_ttp" => null "_fbp" => null "ttcsid_CLKVGJRC77U3V0M5NEGG" => null "ttcsid" => null "XSRF-TOKEN" => "2vj57EmUJl6rX0fyMIENli8aNPfaGcpqMiMc4FaO" "bhe_uni_session" => "ZtfR011RAHIALxAvM2zGYcdLJRA1KzrK0GILBAA5" ]
        response_headers
        0 of 0
        array:5 [ "content-type" => array:1 [ 0 => "text/html; charset=UTF-8" ] "cache-control" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache, private" ] "date" => array:1 [ 0 => "Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:47:25 GMT" ] "set-cookie" => array:2 [ 0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6InFEZ01yVk9hYXNDakprcVdYSHFiOEE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiNFpKd0gveFFGUjN5Zm9IaDlxR0FLQTJPQk4zbzQ5cm55T2o3ZFpRSHIrOWVrMjd3NlJYbmEvTzZFQmFCQ0pUcWl3SUpHWG1lSUV0bS9kT3RJU1FZNkczUTlqdmxoMmpwVnQ1REIzTTR0R3RKS3lxVE5vK0FNcE85N2xDdTZKYmQiLCJtYWMiOiI1NmE5MDFkYjQ2YzE2NGZkN2ZjMmNlN2U5ODU2ZjQ1ZDM1MWRhZWQ4NTJmY2U2MjAxZDdhMDlkODA3OWY4MWFiIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:47:25 GMT; Max-Age=72000; path=/; domain=.bheuni.io; secureXSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6InFEZ01yVk9hYXNDakprcVdYSHFiOEE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiNFpKd0gveFFGUjN5Zm9IaDlxR0FLQTJPQk4zbzQ5cm55T2o3ZFpRSHIrOWVrMjd3NlJYbmEvTzZFQmFCQ0pUcWl3SUpHW" 1 => "bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6IjlqMTNHb012d1pvUE9lYWtvcG1TWVE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiK0RBWStQekc5ZkpYSnVDV0ZBSXNQaS9PaWZxbWRmNlcyK2JDeURNVXV2L3pwaUNXSlRTSytFZ1loWEZ0STdBRWhaQVNybnI0eWtOVy9XK01XcVMwTWFyRmNjRWVqcWNPQUJSZUdEOWFOSDkyK0hzcitqc1FpVytzM0tRL09FWFciLCJtYWMiOiIzYThlMmE5MDAxOGNhNGIwYjc2MTY4MmYyYzVjOGVlMzQ0Njg4ZDQ1MDNkNmYxY2YxYjBiNDQ2Mzg2Mjk2Zjc3IiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:47:25 GMT; Max-Age=72000; path=/; domain=.bheuni.io; secure; httponlybhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6IjlqMTNHb012d1pvUE9lYWtvcG1TWVE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiK0RBWStQekc5ZkpYSnVDV0ZBSXNQaS9PaWZxbWRmNlcyK2JDeURNVXV2L3pwaUNXSlRTSytFZ1loWEZ0STdBRWha" ] "Set-Cookie" => array:2 [ 0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6InFEZ01yVk9hYXNDakprcVdYSHFiOEE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiNFpKd0gveFFGUjN5Zm9IaDlxR0FLQTJPQk4zbzQ5cm55T2o3ZFpRSHIrOWVrMjd3NlJYbmEvTzZFQmFCQ0pUcWl3SUpHWG1lSUV0bS9kT3RJU1FZNkczUTlqdmxoMmpwVnQ1REIzTTR0R3RKS3lxVE5vK0FNcE85N2xDdTZKYmQiLCJtYWMiOiI1NmE5MDFkYjQ2YzE2NGZkN2ZjMmNlN2U5ODU2ZjQ1ZDM1MWRhZWQ4NTJmY2U2MjAxZDdhMDlkODA3OWY4MWFiIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Fri, 13-Jun-2025 10:47:25 GMT; domain=.bheuni.io; path=/; secureXSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6InFEZ01yVk9hYXNDakprcVdYSHFiOEE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiNFpKd0gveFFGUjN5Zm9IaDlxR0FLQTJPQk4zbzQ5cm55T2o3ZFpRSHIrOWVrMjd3NlJYbmEvTzZFQmFCQ0pUcWl3SUpHW" 1 => "bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6IjlqMTNHb012d1pvUE9lYWtvcG1TWVE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiK0RBWStQekc5ZkpYSnVDV0ZBSXNQaS9PaWZxbWRmNlcyK2JDeURNVXV2L3pwaUNXSlRTSytFZ1loWEZ0STdBRWhaQVNybnI0eWtOVy9XK01XcVMwTWFyRmNjRWVqcWNPQUJSZUdEOWFOSDkyK0hzcitqc1FpVytzM0tRL09FWFciLCJtYWMiOiIzYThlMmE5MDAxOGNhNGIwYjc2MTY4MmYyYzVjOGVlMzQ0Njg4ZDQ1MDNkNmYxY2YxYjBiNDQ2Mzg2Mjk2Zjc3IiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Fri, 13-Jun-2025 10:47:25 GMT; domain=.bheuni.io; path=/; secure; httponlybhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6IjlqMTNHb012d1pvUE9lYWtvcG1TWVE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiK0RBWStQekc5ZkpYSnVDV0ZBSXNQaS9PaWZxbWRmNlcyK2JDeURNVXV2L3pwaUNXSlRTSytFZ1loWEZ0STdBRWha" ] ]
        session_attributes
        0 of 0
        array:5 [ "_token" => "2vj57EmUJl6rX0fyMIENli8aNPfaGcpqMiMc4FaO" "current_url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/e72cf78d05744631bc8179cb4a49ee15" "_previous" => array:1 [ "url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/e72cf78d05744631bc8179cb4a49ee15" ] "_flash" => array:2 [ "old" => [] "new" => [] ] "PHPDEBUGBAR_STACK_DATA" => [] ]
        ClearShow all
        Date ↕MethodURLData
        #12025-06-12 14:47:25GET/course-details/e72cf78d05744631bc8179cb4a49ee15141315