Program Recognition
•Postgraduate performance programme at Manchester School of Theatre, Manchester Metropolitan University
•TEF Gold (Teaching Excellence Framework 2023-2027)
•Taught by practitioner-researchers at the forefront of contemporary performance and laboratory theatre
Training
•Practice-led, interdisciplinary approach to performance-making
•Two specialist routes: Laboratory Theatre (performer training, dramaturgy, socially-engaged action) and Contemporary Performance (radical theatre, contemporary dance, and live art)
•MA runs 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time; progression to the MFA adds a second full-time year
•MFA graduates can carry a bracketed specialism, such as MFA Performance (Laboratory Theatre)
•Psychophysical and vocal training drawn from international laboratory theatre lineages
•Culminates in a self-produced Major Project shown in a public performance event
Professional Development
•Welcomes individual makers and small groups of collaborating artists, from new graduates to mid-career practitioners
•Builds skills in self-producing, profiling, and professionally contextualising your work
•Emphasis on European and international performance networks
•Prepares graduates to work as freelance theatre artists, producers, programmers, facilitators, and curators
Location
•Based in the landmark Grosvenor East building with cross-disciplinary arts and humanities resources
•Draws on Manchester's international arts networks and vibrant performance scene
