Program Recognition
•Bullet: Ranked 1st in UK for drama and music (Daily Mail University Guide 2026)
•Bullet: Ranked 3rd in UK for dance, drama, and cinematics (Complete University Guide 2026)
•Bullet: Small cohorts with personal attention from expert practitioners
•Bullet: Part of GSA's 90+ year heritage as a leading conservatoire
Training
•Bullet: Trains theatre practitioners to use performance for social impact
•Bullet: Learn to devise, produce, and facilitate theatre across diverse settings
•Bullet: Settings include prisons, youth centres and care homes
•Bullet: Curriculum emphasises political theatre, community arts, and creative entrepreneurship
Professional Development
•Bullet: Optional Professional Training Year between the second and final year supports industry placement, self-reflection, and transfer of learning into final-year study
•Bullet: Graduates work as applied theatre practitioners and facilitators in community arts, health and wellbeing, and education settings
•Bullet: 95% of GSA graduates are in employment or further study within 15 months of graduating (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2026, HESA)
•Bullet: Graduates become theatre-makers, devisors, directors, workshop leaders, performance artists, writers, and creative entrepreneurs