Entertainment - London Metropolitan University

Study entertainment at London Met

Get ready for a career in entertainment arts. Our courses span theatre, film, television, writing and music production, addressing the needs of London’s world-leading creative industries.

Our graduates have gone on to become internationally acclaimed actors, film and stage directors, novelists, poets, sound designers and engineers. Our entertainment courses also act as the perfect springboard if you’re interested in pursuing a career as a producer, cinematographer, audio or visual artist, publisher, playwright or screenwriter.

You’ll have access to creative experts – our lecturers include award-winning writer Dr Sunny Singh, Suzanne Cohen, winner of Into Film’s Educator of the Year Award, director, writer and actor Rishi Trikha, who's been a judge for Amnesty International’s Edinburgh Fringe Human Rights Award, Dr Jacek Ludwig Scarso, whose multimedia projects have been presented worldwide, and acclaimed composer and media artist Dr Elaine Thomazi-Freitas.

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Our undergraduate entertainment courses

Creative Writing and English Literature (including foundation year) - BA (Hons)

London Met's Creative Writing and English Literature degree course with foundation year is the perfect starting point for a career in the creative industries. Apply now.

Creative Writing and English Literature - BA (Hons)

This BA degree course in Creative Writing and English Literature enhances your writing skills through the study of literary genres. Apply to London Met now.

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Film and Television Production (including foundation year) - BA (Hons)

The built-in foundation year of this course is designed to help you gain the skills you require to study film and television production at undergraduate level.

Film and Television Production - BA (Hons)

This practice-based film and television production course at London Met allows for intensive training and academic study. Apply now and start your degree.

Film and Television Studies (including foundation year) - BA (Hons)

This course is ideal if you'd like to pursue film studies but can't meet the necessary requirements to enter the standard three-year degree.

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Film and Television Studies - BA (Hons)

The Film and Television Studies BA degree provides you with a wide knowledge of the film and television industries. Apply for this course at London Met.

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Music Technology and Production (including foundation year) - BSc (Hons)

Our degree with a built-in foundation year, is designed to provide an alternative route into education if you can't meet the entry requirements for a standard undergraduate degree.

Music Technology and Production - BSc (Hons)

London Met's Music Technology and Production BSc degree is an innovative, career-led university course with diverse practice-based learning opportunities.

Theatre and Film (Top-Up) - BA (Hons)

The Theatre and Film BA (top-up) merges cinematic and performance languages, explored through practice and theory. Develop the skills required for successful employment opportunities within the international film and television industries, and within theatre and performing arts.

Theatre and Film - BA (Hons)

The Theatre and Film BA course merges cinematic and performance languages explored through practice and theory. Join this course at London Met now!

Theatre and Performance - BA (Hons)

Build performance skills through acting and study how theatre is influenced by society in this London Met's Theatre and Performance degree course. Apply now!

Our postgraduate entertainment courses

Doctor of Philosophy - MPhil / Phd

PhD students at London Metropolitan University benefit from a supportive environment, as well as expert supervision by academics researching in a wide range of disciplines.

Documentary Film Production - MA

Under the guidance of industry experts you'll learn about traditional and emerging forms of factual storytelling, leaving you prepared for a career in this thriving genre.

Master of Philosophy - MPhil

With this Master of Philosophy programme, you'll benefit from a supportive environment and expert supervision by academics researching in a wide range of disciplines.

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News and success stories from our entertainment courses

Abigail Jeffries wins Big Writing Challenge 2024 for "City of the Styx"

Abigail Jeffries from St. Bernard’s School in Slough has been announced as the winner of the Big Writing Challenge 2024 for her story "City of the Styx".

London Met academic shines at Edinburgh Fringe once again

Rishi Trikha’s show Stuntman received widespread acclaim at the world renowned arts and culture festival.

London Met proud to announce the winners of the 2023 Big Writing Challenge

Students from across London took part in this year’s literary challenge, with the winners announced at a prizegiving ceremony at the prestigious Orion Publishing Group offices.

London Met graduate awarded Royal Photographic Society Women in Photography Bursary

Mina Boromond was awarded the £3,500 prize to support her work which explores her experience of aphastasia, memory and displacement.

Winner of London Met’s Big Writing Challenge announced

Creative writing competition launched by London Met and Orion Publishing won by Elyana Guler for ‘The Grimm’.

London Met student named finalist of EIZO Photography awards

Karoly Rucska, a second year photography student has been listed in the final 15 shortlist of the EIZO Student Photography Awards.

London Met's Photography BA named Association of Photographers 'Course of the Year'

Course leader James Cant was also voted AOP Lecturer of the Year, while students Kasia Kowalska and Giulia Ballarin were nominated for their photography.

Final Cuts Festival 2022

Festival of moving image work from the School of Computing and Digital Media returns online and in real life.

2022 Jhalak Prize: London Met academic's literary prize sees record number of submissions

Co-founded by London Met's Professor Sunny Singh, the award is helping to improve diversity across British publishing and has become one of the industry's most prestigious accolades.

London Met alumni join BBC's Waterloo Road

Jesse Quinones will be Lead Director of the series; while Vincent Jerome will be a new leading cast member; and Jake Yates will work on the production team as a storyboarder.

"Greater sense of confidence in my abilities"

Single father of five Stavros Giannoulatos, who just graduated in English Literature and Creative Writing with first class honours, talks us through his past three years at London Met.

London Met photography student selected as Carte Blanche student laureate

Mina Boromond, who is in her final year of London Met’s Photography BA, was one of only four students in Europe whose work will be shown at a major Paris exhibition.

London Met photography students shortlisted for industry award

The work of Photography BA students Mina Boromand and Kasia Kowalska were recognised in the Association of Photographers Student Awards.

Debut poetry collection to be published from celebrated alumna

Warsan Shire’s new work, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head, will be published 3 March 2022.

Ecology as Public and Mental Health

A discussion as part of London Met’s new interdisciplinary research initiative, Finding Ecologies, explores how we create environments in which we and others can flourish.