Undergraduate Applications
Auditions for 2021 class
NB: Auditions for 2021 are now closed. Regretably, no late auditions will be considered.
PLEASE ENSURE YOU READ THROUGH THE FOLLOWING AUDITION INFORMATION CAREFULLY.
ALL applicants for the Theatre and Performance programme are required to submit an online audition.
Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic in person auditions for the Diploma programme are unlikely to be held for the 2021 intake, and applicants are advised to submit a video audition.
Video auditions must be submitted by 09 November 2020.
Please note that if you have applied for the diploma programme, and are unable to submit a video audition by the deadline, please contact Shabnam Pansari (undergrad.ctdps@uct.ac.za).
Auditions for 2021 class:
The earlier your video audition is submitted, the sooner we are able to consider your application.
- ESSAY Instructions
- REFERENCE LETTER Instructions
- VIDEO Instructions - Theatre or Dance
Calculating Admissions Points Score (APS):
The percentages achieved in National Senior Certificate examinations (preliminary and final examinations) will be allocated an admission score equal to that percentage. The sum of six subjects, excluding Life Orientation, but including English. Results below 40% for any subject do not attract a score. For more information on the APS or your own eligibility, please go to the UCT Admission requirements page.
In your first year of T&P:
All students will study together for six months, during which time they will be exposed to the various study streams on offer in the Centre. At the same time staff will have an extended opportunity to gauge the capabilities of each student and to be able to advise more accurately the direction each individual student should follow. At the end of the first semester, students will be streamed into six possible study streams; Acting, Dance Performance, Performance Making (Theatre Making / Choreography), Applied Performance & Education, Scenography (Design), and Academic Study (Theatre & Dance Studies and another major in the Faculty of Humanities). While no student can be guaranteed entry into any stream, every attempt will be made to match students with the stream that is most appropriate to their skill set.
All students will be accommodated in one of the streams, however if a student wishes to change their registration to another programme in the faculty at the end of the first semester, they will have enough credits from the first semester to transfer without a loss of time.
PLEASE NOTE:
Should you have any further questions, please contact Shabnam Pansari (undergrad.ctdps@uct.ac.za)
Note that for all Professional Practice Programmes, an audition is necessary to be considered for admission.