Bachelor’s degree · Academic study
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Performance (BATAP)
University of the Witwatersrand - Department of Theatre and Performance · Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Performance
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In personfour years of study
- Price
- Not published
About this program
Four-year academic degree with professional courses (Performance Practice and Theatre and Production in first and second year); entry requires an audition. The department states the university is primarily academic.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Theatre acting, Actor training
- Purpose
- Academic study
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree
- Exact award
- Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Performance
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- University of the Witwatersrand
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- four years of study
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Teaching location
- Wits Department of Theatre and Performance
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Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- One monologue from a published play, not longer than 1 - 1.5 minutes; no self-written monologues
- Self-tape
- No
- In-person audition
- Yes
- Audition detail
- In-person audition with monologue, group warm-up, improvisation and a short devising workshop; applicants bring CV, ID copy, marks transcript, a 1-page statement and a 1-2 page critical essay.
- Prior education
- National Senior Certificate: APS of at least 34 points and a minimum of 60% for English Home Language or English First Additional Language (as published)
- Writing or research sample
- Critical essay of 1-2 pages on a recently seen play, film or television programme
- Intakes
- 2027
- Deadlines
- book and confirm your audition date as early as possible via email ugtap.wsoa@wits.ac.za between 01 April 2026 and 31 October 2026
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Fees
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Sources and verification
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Sources and how this was checked
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