BA (Hons) Acting
The Acting programme at Leeds Conservatoire offers rigorous, practical, conservatoire training for actors who want to develop their craft and perform in a varied range of mediums. Our Acting degree is designed to prepare you for the performance industry now and in the future.
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Leeds Conservatoire's Actor Musician programme offers rigorous acting training and instrumental training who want to tell stories, and the stories of others, on stage through devised theatre, adaptation and ensemble practice. Actor Musician is the programme for anyone wanting to create a small theatre company, explore new mediums or change the face of modern theatre.
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Leeds Conservatoire's Musical Theatre degree is designed to prepare performers for a sustainable career in the fast-paced Musical Theatre industry. Through studio practice and professional training you will develop as an authentic, multi-faceted performing artist, undertaking high level acting, dance and singing training within the unique environment of a leading European music conservatoire.
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BA (Hons) Musical Theatre Studies (Top-Up) (Online)
Embark on an empowering creative career journey with our transformative online BA Top-Up in Musical Theatre Studies, designed for aspiring musical theatre enthusiasts and seasoned professionals alike to make an impactful mark on the industry.Â
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MA Directing
This degree will give you contemporary, practical training, to become an integral part of the next generation of theatre directors. Through skills classes and project-based learning, you will be given the time, resources and rehearsal room access you need to develop your craft. Teaching will be delivered by industry practitioners and Masterclass guests, with mentorship and placement opportunities. Each is designed to support you in clearly defining your artistic voice, aligning your passions, skills and ambitions ready for a portfolio career.
Find out moreMA Dramaturgy
Delivered in close collaboration with Leeds Playhouse, this programme focuses on the development of new work and individual artistry through collaborative practice. Whether as a practitioner shaping theatre though storytelling, dance or music, or as a dramaturg in a literary department dissecting text, students will be introduced to a multitude of ways of creating new theatre. Students will leave this MA with not only a comprehensive understanding of how things have been done, but with a vision for how they want to do things in the future.
Find out moreMA Musical Direction
This MA is designed to fully-prepare highly-skilled musicians to embark upon a career as a Musical Director. The course encourages students to interrogate the role of the Musical Director and redefine it for themselves, through the continued collaborative, student-led development of new work across the year. With collaboration and individual artistry at the heart of these MAs, students will leave this course not only fully-equipped to adapt to the changing face of theatre, but also with the skill set and tenacity required to drive that change.
Find out moreMA Musical Theatre Company
The Musical Theatre Company course combines the rigorous training of a conservatoire with the continued, collaborative, student-led development of new work, preparing students to enter the industry not only to gain employment in the musical theatre industry, but as artists creating their own work. With weekly classes in a range of dance styles, voice, acting, and singing, students will form a company and use these skills to engage in continued and collaborative development of new work, guided by leading directors and practitioners working in the industry today.
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This is an individually-tailored MA for anyone interested in creating new musical theatre and pursuing a professional career as a creative in the industries, whether as a composer, writer, choreographer, lyricist or something that has yet to be defined. This unique course focuses on students’ particular needs to develop skills in their field (composition, dance and dramaturgy), whilst simultaneously generating work as a collective with other creatives across the MAs. Working with leading institutions from across the North and with practitioners that include composers, lyricists, and book-writers (the creative team of a musical), students will leave the course with a portfolio of work to take into the industry, to peers to build a creative team with, and leave with a unique artistic voice to shape the theatre of tomorrow.
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