Bachelor of Creative Industries (Theatre and Performance)

Get ready to perform, create and produce for the creative industries.

Develop the creativity, strategic thinking, business capability and practical skills you’ll need for success in the theatre and performance industries. In this flexible degree you’ll choose your own adventure with topics available from across the creative industries, arts and broader university, allowing you to create your own unique path as a creator, performer or creative.

Taught by leading theatre experts with direct connections to industry partners, you’ll have regular access to industry experts and practising artists. In this project-led learning degree, you’ll combine study with practise through performing, producing, directing, creating, writing and evaluating real work and working directly on real-world projects with students from all over the university.

Why study Creative Industries (Theatre and Performance) at Flinders

• No.1 in SA in Creative Arts for learner engagement, skills development, student support and teaching quality (The Good Universities Guide 2023 (undergraduate), public SA-founded universities only).
• Ranked above world standard for Research in Performing Arts and Creative Writing (ERA 2018 Outcomes, Flinders University).
• Build your degree based on your unique interests from across the Creative Arts, Industries or broader University – e.g. Visual Effects and Entertainment Design, Film and Television, Writing and Publishing, Science, Engineering, Marketing.
• Learn to create your own work and produce your own ideas.
• Be part of the Flinders creative community, working on large-scale collaborative projects that will prepare you for the workforce.
• Gain career-ready skills in performance practice, design, planning, communication, collaboration, marketing and entrepreneurship.
• Use your degree to transfer to the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Drama) in your second or third year of study.
• Gain behind-the-scenes access to final dress rehearsals by real performance companies and build your industry network.
• Connect with industry from day one with regular contact with global industry professionals, networking events and Work Integrated Learning.
• Small, bespoke classes taught by practising industry professionals who are prominent in their fields and highly experienced in the theatre and performance industries.
• Gain hands-on experience working on real-world projects.
• Non-portfolio entry degree.