A bachelors degree (2:1) in a relevant field
OR

Relevant professional experience. This should be demonstrated in a portfolio which catalogues and contextualises your work in a relevant field (e.g. catalogue of a recent art installation, actor's CV, transcript giving indication of professional training, web-based archive of recent work, folio of published poems, etc.)

In your application, you should use your personal statement to indicate your creative potential and reflect on your existing creative work. This can be up to 5,000 characters in length. In particular, your statement should address the following research questions:

What were/are the objectives of the piece, and why What obstacles did you/might you encounter How might these have been/be avoided?
To what tradition does this piece belong To what critical conversations or bodies of practice does it contribute What does it contribute to them
What are its implications for future work What does/might your work initiate in the field of Shakespeare studies more generally

IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in any band is equivalent to:

TOEFL: 88 overall with no less than 21 in Reading, 20 Listening, 22 Speaking and 21 in Writing