Performance, Theatre & Music Courses
Step into the spotlight by joining our dynamic community of budding performance artists, theatre-makers, production managers and music and sound professionals.
Based in our Academy of Music & Theatre Arts (AMATA) – a creative, industry-connected hub at the heart of our Penryn campus – you’ll experience the vitality and energy of our purpose-built performance centre from the day you arrive.
Our Performance, Theatre & Music courses
Acting for Stage & Screen BA(Hons)
Push boundaries to become a progressive actor in a highly creative and collaborative environment. Ba...
CertHE Music Courses
Take your first steps towards becoming a skilled creative music artist with one of our three CertHE ...
Creative Music Technology BA(Hons)
Develop the creative and technical abilities needed to thrive in the music industry. Exploring compo...
Dance & Choreography BA(Hons)
Launch your career as a dancer and an artist with this skills-focused dance degree. You’ll train i...
Music BA(Hons)
Prepare for a career as a professional musician with this industry-focused music degree. Based withi...
Music Business BA(Hons)
Get ready to shape the music business by mastering the skills needed to manage, create and innovate....
Musical Theatre BA(Hons)
Combining training in acting, singing and dance, this practice-led degree will empower you for a car...
Popular Music BA(Hons)
Whether it’s underground or mainstream, DIY or commercial, acoustic or electric, this course is fo...
Sound Design BA(Hons)
Explore the boundaries of sound and its potential to transport an audience in different contexts, fr...
Technical Theatre Arts BA(Hons)
This course will provide you with the practical knowledge and skills needed to succeed in the exciti...
Theatre & Performance BA(Hons)
Embrace a world of opportunity to become an original and distinctive theatre maker and performer. As...
Meet Abi Foster, a third-year Musical Theatre student at Falmouth University, as she shares her experience performing in the final year production.
Third-year Musical Theatre student, Hannah Walters, reflects on her journey at Falmouth University.
What can you do with a Music, Theatre or Performance degree?
Whether you want a career performing on stage or behind the scenes, a degree in Music, Theatre or Performance combines specialist teaching with entrepreneurial skills in self-promotion to prepare you for the performing arts industry.
Building a wealth of experience
Our Academy of Music & Theatre Arts provides students with the opportunity to collaborate and gain experience in different areas of the performing arts industries, such as song writing, performing, recording, studio engineering and live sound engineering. Find out how some of our graduates starred in a new play exploring suppressed sexuality and homophobia within the armed forces.
Read moreDiscover what our students do
Technical Theatre Arts graduate goes from operator to designer
13 November 2026
Ruairi Wakefield used to bring other designers’ ideas to life from behind the lighting desk. Now t...
Creatives on Creatives: Edward Rowe and Dr Kingsley Marshall
12 November 2026
Edward Rowe is a Cornish actor, writer and comedian, and one of our Honorary Fellows in 2026. Edward...
Popular Music graduates on forging eclectic creative careers
12 November 2026
Brothers Tom and Ned Armstrong, both BA(Hons) Popular Music graduates, point to people they met at F...
Music student secures £23k to bring traditional music and dance festival to Cornwall
09 November 2026
Third-year BA(Hons) Creative Music Technology student Tom Trant is about to see a module assignment ...
Third-year Sound Design student, part-time acoustic consultant
04 November 2026
Third-year BA(Hons) Sound Design student Charlie Nicoll has landed a part-time position as an acoust...
Creative Music Technology graduate on mixing her own album
02 November 2026
BA(Hons) Creative Music Technology graduate Harri Bettsworth writes her own songs, fronts her own ba...
What is Sound Design?
26 October 2026
Sound Design is the art of creating, recording and manipulating audio for various media, including f...
Acting alumna on forging a creative practice that's entirely your own
28 September 2026
In our latest episode of Made in Falmouth, we meet BA(Hons) Acting alumna Beck Watts at a performanc...
Rewriting the Story of Metal
25 August 2026
Metal music generates an image in the minds of people. Loud, outside the mainstream, lots of black a...
Popular Music students’ rise from campus gigs to festival stages | Degree Show Stories
23 June 2026
Welcome to Degree Show Stories, our summer series where we go behind the scenes with our final year ...
From first-year nerves to centre stage | Degree Show Stories
08 June 2026
Welcome to Degree Show Stories, our summer series where we go behind the scenes with our final year ...
Sound Design students learn from leading industry professionals at Game Audio Symposium
04 June 2026
Falmouth’s BA(Hons) Sound Design students recently had the exciting opportunity to both meet and l...
Dance & Choreography graduate returns to Cornwall with leading dance company
14 April 2026
BA(Hons) Dance & Choreography graduate Dorka Zatonyi recently returned to Cornwall in her role as En...
Falmouth Honorary Fellow sees her historic pointe shoes restored on BBC’s The Repair Shop
09 April 2026
Acclaimed former ballerina and Falmouth Honorary Fellow, Julie Felix MBE, has built an inspiring car...
Acting graduates perform among national names at Falmouth’s International Arts Fest
24 March 2026
New writing talent from Cornwall was placed front and centre at this year’s Falmouth International...
Day in the life of a Musical Theatre student
11 February 2026
BA(Hons) Musical Theatre student, Val takes us through a typical day of studying at Falmouth Univers...
What I learned from collaborating at Falmouth
26 January 2026
Read how collaborating with other students has enriched Kat's learning experience.
Ethan in the recording studio learning about recording songs/vocal reels
Why I chose to study Musical Theatre at Falmouth
08 January 2026
Discover why current student, Ethan chose to study Musical Theatre at Falmouth.
Falmouth students and lecturers collaborate with Hall for Cornwall to bring Christmas panto to life
17 December 2025
From the dress and accessories worn by the Dame in the show’s finale, to the visual effects disp...
Why I chose to study Theatre & Performance at Falmouth
09 December 2025
Find out why Falmouth's Theatre & Performance degree stood out to current student, Kat.
Any questions?
If you have any questions about our Performance, Theatre and Music courses, get in touch with our Future Studies Team.
E: futurestudies@falmouth.ac.uk
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