Master in MA Theatre Lab

At Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, tuition fees are 27,500 GBP per year; applications are due 2026-03-18.

MA Theatre Lab is a one-year, full-time postgraduate course validated by King's College London for performers and actors who want to develop as devisers and independent theatre-makers. The course re-examines the performer as an embodied creator at the centre of the theatre-making process, built around four compulsory strands: methodology and creative practice, contextual studies and theatre history, voice and movement, and a public performance lab.

The first two terms centre on studio-based work exploring approaches such as Stanislavski's actor-centred text work, Epic theatre, clowning, physical theatre and ensemble practice. In term three students work as an ensemble with a professional practitioner to create a full-length original piece for public performance; in term four they create small-scale original work, individually or in companies, for the Lab Works Festival in September.

The MA Theatre Lab leads to an unclassified Master's degree (pass/fail), assessed on both practical (process and studio sharing) and critical/reflective written work.