Dissertation Performances, trips and workshops . . .

Loads is happening on the Bucks Uni Performing Arts course at the moment!

The academic year is drawing to a close, and we are extra busy during this exciting time of the year!

Apart from the dissertation performance having kicked off, we have various theatre trips and extra workshops happening to fill up an already busy end of year schedule.

Read on to find out what our students experience alongside preparing and performing their final performances, hand in their last essays, and rehears for their last practical assessments . . . . 

Dissertation Performances begin next week...be sure to come

Spoiler Alert   these images offer a sneak preview from a most promising duo, whose performance  interrogates the effects of silence, sound and synesthesia on childhood and their ramifications in the present. Well done to Rhiain and Pete for producing their 20 minute practice as research performance ahead of schedule, freeing-up time for them to work with Sign Dance.

Our 2nd year students impress in London!

We've had some brilliant feedback for the performances of our second year students!

Working up a sweat with Frantic Assembly

Two weeks ago we invited the renowned physical theatre company Frantic Assembly to Bucks New University to hold a devising workshop with our performing arts students.

Frantic Assembly have been creating thrilling, energetic and highly physical theatre work since 1994 and are well known in England and beyond. It was a pleasure to welcome their performer and Associate Artist Dritan Kastrati to our campus, and see him hold two 2hour workshops with students from across all years.



Dritan led the students through an intense physical warm up, working up a sweat, before guiding them through a series of challenging lifts which then formed the basis for devising short performance pieces. The lifts and contact work were particularly challenging for students who feel less confident with physical work; however, it was fantastic to see how Dritan stirred them on and convinced them that, with the right technique, everyone can be lifted or lift other people.

Research performance by Dr. Jem Kelly

Our very own Dr. Jem Kelly will hold a scratch performance of his new work

Phantoms of the Aperture

Tuesday 31 March, 6.30pm

Drama Studio 1

Bucks New University, 

High Wycombe

In this 20-minute test-bed performance, which will be followed by a brief discussion, Jem will use old photographs of his father, Edward Kelly, and live video footage of himself to expose the impossibility of remembering accurately.

The performance is free and will be followed by a brief discussion.

Another week, another selection of exciting performances at Bucks New University!

A lot is happening again in the drama studios at Bucks New University! 
This and next week, our second year students will take the limelight and perform in three diverse plays, one of which has been directed by none other than our course leader Dr. Nic Fryers.
The plays will be performed in Bucks New Uni Drama Studio 1 and at the Courtyard Theatre in Shoreditch, London, so there is plenty of chance to see them. Below is a list of all the plays, where and when to see them and links to book tickets through the Courtyard Theatre webpage. Hope you can make it!

Where are they now? Interview with last year's graduate Rebecca Bugeja

photo by Paige Burnie

We have been inquiring about how our graduating students have been doing; as we all know, to enter the professional acting industry can be a long and difficult process. Today we want to introduce you to Rebecca Bugeja, who graduated from the BA Performing Arts course at Bucks New University in 2014. She is telling us how life has been for her since leaving Uni, and how she is starting to make her mark as actress and performer. Read the full interview below! Well done, Rebecca, we hope it will continue to go well for you!
Read the full interview by clicking the link below: