It’s our great industry links and the opportunities to work on live briefs and client-based projects that we provide throughout degrees that make our students work-ready upon graduation.
I genuinely love everything about my course. I am doing what I love day in and day out. I'm learning more than I ever thought I'd learn. I'm finding out not only who I am as an actor, but who I am as an individual.
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Why study with us
- Our Acting degree is a production-based actor training course with most work directed towards performance, for stage, screen and digital media, including to the public.
- Our Music Theatre degree is practice-based, with weekly drama school-style actor training in musical theatre skills, including acting, singing, dance, ensemble singing, and yoga.
- Our Sound Design degree offers a creative and hands-on experience, equipping you with skills in creating, recording, mixing, and mastering audio.
What can I do with a performing arts or music degree?
Acting graduates including Mandip Gill and Freddie Bolt have appeared as regular characters in two of the nation’s leading soaps. Music alumni go on to careers as artists, performers, composers, and engineers. Studying performing arts leads to careers in the West End and regional and overseas musical theatre. Work as actors or performers with touring companies, creative artists, and directors. Many graduates progress to teaching and working as independent dance artists. Behind the scenes operatives are in short supply. Specialist technicians in roles such as film, lighting and sound are in high demand.
Studying performing arts and music could lead to a future career as a:
- Professional actor
- Community arts worker
- Choreographer
- Dancer
Explore the facilities
Students have access to a range of internal services here, such as the Student Enterprise Hub, which gives students the unique opportunity to work on live briefs set by a range of companies in the North West and beyond - this allows students to exhibit their creative problem-solving skills, as well as allowing students to put theory into practice.
Students also have access to our Propeller service, allowing students to start up their own business through one-to-one mentoring, masterclasses and possible access to funding. With creative students three times more likely to start up a business after graduating - this is an excellent way of getting ahead of the game.
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