Performance

Our courses

Why study a performance degree at ARU

• Use professional facilities
  Train in professional-standard facilities including our 260-seater Mumford Theatre, a dedicated drama studio with flexible black-box performance space, a spacious recital hall, and five climate-controlled recording studios.
• Learn from expert staff
  Work with industry-active practitioners as well as expert academics.
• Develop your technical skills
  Use our specialist facilities for both recorded and live performance, including motion capture and green screen, to build your technical and production skills.
• Get career-ready
  Graduate with a professional CV, headshots and showreel, and develop a portfolio of professional skills for work in the creative industries, with opportunities to collaborate with other creative students, specialist tutors, community partners and industry professionals.
• Discover creative Cambridge
  Get involved with Cambridge's many acting troupes and events including Pied Pipers, Festival Players, Cambridge Theatre Company, and Cambridge Operatic Society as well as the famous The Cambridge Footlights as a writer, performer or member of the production team.