Course Summary
Course Category: PLC (Further Education - FET) - Apply directly to College
This exciting new course offers you the opportunity to study and engage with the three central tenets of musical theatre: singing, acting and dancing. You will develop your skills by participation in college-based performance opportunities. Our professional team of highly experienced music, drama and dance teachers will help you realise your talent. Develop your passion for musical theatre and move with confidence onto the next level of your career in performance, producing, directing, and marketing musical theatre. Academic modules will ensure you are fully prepared for the next level. You’ll be supported in choosing a direction of study in musical theatre, drama, teaching (on completion of relevant undergraduate training), community arts and administration in the arts.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Performance Craft
Acting Skills and Techniques
Theatre Studies
Communications
Music Performance
Dance Performance
Song Performance
Mime and Movement
Performance Craft
Work Experience
Course content may be revised for educational or organisational reasons.
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
- Almost all PLC courses have a Work Experience module, which requires students to find their own placement in an area directly related to their course.
Progression to CAO Courses
Higher Education Links Scheme (HELS)
This course leads to a QQI Major Award, and provides progression opportunities to a number of Higher Education courses, including those in the CAO.
To view CAO courses to which this award provides a possible progression route, click below:
| QQI Code |
| 5M5163 |
To calculate Points based on your QQI award results, use the PLC Points Calculator.
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
Further Research
National Statistics for this Award (All Ireland)
The following data provides general information about this Award from colleges across Ireland.
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Career Progression
- Actor
- Band Roadie
- Concert Promoter
- Disc jockey DJ
- Makeup Artist Assistant - TV/Film
- Singer
- Theatre Stagehand