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Bachelor of Arts (Theatre and Performance)
Minimum 3 Years, up to a maximum of 7 Years 
Hobart, Launceston
Minimum 3 Years Hobart, Launceston 
CRICOS 001694A
Collaborate with industry
Gain industry experience and build lasting networks with partners including Theatre Royal, the Hedburg, Theatre North and Tasdance.
Build on your major
Add additional theatre electives, or choose units from across the University to develop complementary skills or inspire your practice.
Learn in inspiring spaces
Study in studios and theatres at The Hedburg in Hobart or The Theatre in Launceston, placing you in the heart of each city's cultural precinct.
Study options in this degree
The Theatre and Performance major, offered as part of the Bachelor of Arts, contains the first eight units listed below. You can also expand your Theatre and Performance educational experience by selecting additional elective units. Theatre and Performance can be studied as a major within multiple degrees, including the Bachelor of Arts, and the Bachelor of Arts/Master of Teaching. The Bachelor of Arts (Theatre and Performance) is available only in Hobart and Launceston.
A major is an area of focus in your degree. During your studies, you’ll choose an area that interests you, and then study a group of units related to that area. Find out more at What is a Major?
Leading theatre performers make the craft seem effortless. These two units build on one another, offering a practical exploration of foundational performance skills, including movement, voice and space, in diverse performance contexts.
These units are part of the Theatre and Performance major
The theatre machine is a device to make sense of the world, generating meaningful experiences for audiences. It's a complex system, balancing diverse artistic forms, media and technologies. Explore this machine from the perspective of the design and technology that goes into a production.
This unit is part of the Theatre and Performance major
This unit explores the ways that dramatic texts ‘speak’ as documents for performance. By engaging with a number of texts, both classical and contemporary, you will encounter the range of interpretive practices that move the text from page to stage, while developing your own interpretive performances.
This unit is part of the Theatre and Performance major
In your final year you'll study two units dedicated to the development, rehearsal and presentation of two theatre productions.
In Directed Theatre Project you will receive expert direction to develop, design, rehearse and perform a full length theatre production. This capstone unit will stretch your practice across a range of theatrical crafts and skillsets, including stage management, technical theatre, and of course, performance.
These units are part of the Theatre and Performance major
Examine the evolving relationship between theatre and technology. Through a blend of critical scholarship and practice, involving the examination, analysis, and interpretation of theatre texts, performances and theories, you'll engage with complex issues of privacy, internet cultures, and digital identity.
This unit is part of the Theatre and Performance major
Harness the elements of drama. Through rehearsal, workshops, and exercises, you'll learn the principles of dramatic composition and engaging storytelling.
This unit is available as an elective
This unit introduces you to foundational methods and traditions of movement for the performer. You will explore improvisation, the activation of imagination and play, and the creation of original solo and ensemble non-verbal performance pieces.
This unit is available as an elective
Through practical workshops, discussions, readings and individual dramaturgical sessions, you will explore the range of styles, genres, conventions, purposes and methodologies within writing for performance, and approaches to character development and script structure.
This unit is available as an elective
Add sustainability to your degree
As part of our commitment to sustainability, we have created a complementary, optional major available across most of our flexible bachelor's degrees.
In the major, explore interdisciplinary knowledge and skills that underpin the development of sustainable societies and solutions. Informed by international and local research, practice, and theory, this major allows you to develop specialist expertise across the physical and social sciences and humanities, emphasising student-led and problem-based learning.
It provides the frameworks for developing sustainability-oriented solutions in a range of fields and is relevant to a wide range of careers.
Find out more about what you'll study, entry requirements, fees and scholarships - and to apply.
* Subject to international student visa conditions if applicable.
Diploma of Arts (Theatre and Performance)
Minimum of 2 years, maximum of 5 years. Part-time only. Hobart, Launceston
International students wishing to study the Theatre and Performance major will need to enrol via the Bachelor of Arts.
Collaborate with industry
Gain industry experience and build lasting networks with partners including Theatre Royal, the Hedburg, Theatre North and Tasdance.
Gain practical knowledge and skills
Add additional theatre electives, or choose units from across the University to develop complementary skills to inspire your practice.
Learn in inspiring spaces
Study in studios and theatres at The Hedburg in Hobart or The Theatre in Launceston, placing you in the heart of each city's cultural precinct.
Study options in this degree
Theatre and Performance can be studied as a major within multiple degrees, including the Bachelor of Arts, and the Bachelor of Arts/Master of Teaching. The major contains eight practice-based units that provide you with a range of performance skills and experiences. You can also select additional electives to expand your learning and customise your study journey.
A major is an area of focus in your degree. During your studies, you’ll choose an area that interests you, and then study a group of units related to that area. Find out more at What is a Major?
Leading theatre performers make the craft seem effortless. These two units build on one another, offering a practical exploration of foundational performance skills, including movement, voice and space, in diverse performance contexts.
These units are part of the Theatre and Performance major
The theatre machine is a device to make sense of the world, generating meaningful experiences for audiences. It's a complex system, balancing diverse artistic forms, media and technologies. Explore this machine from the perspective of the design and technology that goes into a production.
This unit is part of the Theatre and Performance major
This unit explores the ways that dramatic texts ‘speak’ as documents for performance. By engaging with a number of texts, both classical and contemporary, you will encounter the range of interpretive practices that move the text from page to stage, while developing your own interpretive performances.
This unit is part of the Theatre and Performance major
In your final year you'll study two units dedicated to the development, rehearsal and presentation of two theatre productions.
In Directed Theatre Project you will receive expert direction to develop, design, rehearse and perform a full length theatre production. This capstone unit will stretch your practice across a range of theatrical crafts and skillsets, including stage management, technical theatre, and of course, performance.
These units are part of the Theatre and Performance major
Examine the evolving relationship between theatre and technology. Through a blend of critical scholarship and practice, involving the examination, analysis, and interpretation of theatre texts, performances and theories, you'll engage with complex issues of privacy, internet cultures, and digital identity.
This unit is part of the Theatre and Performance major
Harness the elements of drama. Through rehearsal, workshops, and exercises, you'll learn the principles of dramatic composition and engaging storytelling.
This unit is available as an elective
This unit introduces you to foundational methods and traditions of movement for the performer. You will explore improvisation, the activation of imagination and play, and the creation of original solo and ensemble non-verbal performance pieces.
This unit is available as an elective
Through practical workshops, discussions, readings and individual dramaturgical sessions, you will explore the range of styles, genres, conventions, purposes and methodologies within writing for performance, and approaches to character development and script structure.
This unit is available as an elective
Find out more about what you'll study, entry requirements, fees and scholarships - and to apply.
* Subject to international student visa conditions if applicable.
Career opportunities
Employment across Creative and Performing Arts activities in Australia is projected to grow 40% above the national industry average over the next five years^. Some of the fastest-growing jobs include:
11%
Film, Television, Radio and
Stage Directors
Projected increase by 2026
17.5%
Visual Arts and
Crafts Professionals
Projected increase by 2026
21.9%
Welfare, Recreation and
Community Arts Workers
Projected increase by 2026
^ ABS Labour Force Survey, National Skills Commission trend data to May 2021 and projections to 2026
Our theatre students
View more storiesMegan Kenna, Theatre and Performance student
Hear Megan talk about their path into studying Theatre and Performance at the University of Tasmania, what they enjoy about the range of options available and the support offered by their experienced teaching staff.
