MA Directing Circus

at Bath Spa University

This course includes or offers the following modules. 
 

• Research Methodologies and Context
• Directing Circus 1: Performer as Source
• Professional Collaboration
• Directing Circus 2: Director as Author
• Major Project

What we look for in potential students
 

• This course suits individuals who have professional or semi-professional experience, either as a circus-artist performer who is interested in moving into directing, or as a theatre-based director who is interested in moving into circus-based work.
• You’ll ideally have a background in circus, physical theatre or directing, or a related subject area, acquired through previous study as well as experience through work or other means that will show you have the ability to succeed in the programme.

The tuition fees shown for students are for one complete academic year of full time study and are set according to the academic year of entry. Fees for subsequent years of your course may rise in line with an inflationary uplift as determined by the government. The given fees is indicative.

Our professional engagement module includes placements with leading UK contemporary circus companies.