Life as a Theatre student at Brunel is as much about what happens outside the classroom as within it.
Student-led societies allow you to explore a range of interests in and beyond the arts. Studio Brunel, our student-led production company, offers a home for new writing, improv cafés, and experimental work, while the Musical Theatre Society stages ambitious productions each year. Beyond societies, Brunel Arts runs acting, creative writing, photography, music, and visual arts activities, open to everyone.
These groups, and many others, bring students from different programmes and backgrounds together, providing spaces to create amazing performances, meet new people, and build confidence in supportive spaces. Our students and graduates tell us that society projects help them build friendships, discover new interests, test innovative ideas, approaches, and projects, and that this work can directly influence their future practice.Off-campus, we invite you to take full advantage of life in London and to connect your emerging practice to the wider cultural world. Students can see shows, engage with companies, and draw inspiration from one of the most exciting performance cities in the world.
You can find highlights, more information and an overview of just some of the great things we get up to below.
Arts@Artaud
A sociable night of performance for students, staff and the public. With an informal, friendly atmosphere, and refreshments all evening. Acts are introduced by student compères and interwoven with DJs, Arts@Artaud seeks to represent the best new artistic work at Brunel, both by students and staff – in music, film, creative writing, poetry, drama and dance.
Societies
We have a number of student-led theatre and performance societies for you to get involved in. From the Musical Theatre society where students have performed several showcases as well as held workshops and different sessions each week on singing, acting and dancing to the Drama society where you can go on off-campus trips and improve your skills in physical theatre, and stage combat (to name a few).
You’ll have the opportunity to join Studio Brunel, our student run production house which is funded by the Theatre department. Here, you’ll be able to take advantage of the excellent opportunities and take part in organising and running in live productions, plays and performance open to the public on our London campus.
Brunel Arts
You’ll have the chance to get involved in our weekly classes and events (including singing, acting, creative writing, guitar groups, digital photography, oil painting, and pottery) that take place in Brunel Arts. So you can be sure there is always something for you get up to, to keep your creative juices flowing.
International Summer School
Each year, through the College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences at Brunel, you’ll have opportunities for international trips to summer schools globally if you’re interested in travelling during your degree.
In recent years these have included a Mandarin programme at Dalian University in China and a cultural immersion programme at Amity University in India. These international opportunities are great for your personal development, allowing you to meet people from all walks of life which closely reflects todays globalised world. You’ll be immersing yourself in history, politics, and economy of a new country which will help you build a strong network of contacts and international relations.
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