You can no longer submit a new application for courses starting in 2023.
If you already have a 2023 application and are in Clearing, you can add this course as a Clearing choice – contact the university or college first to check they have places.
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework.These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
Course summary
Do you believe that drama and theatre can serve an important social purpose beyond pure entertainment? Are you interested in making performance for, with and by specific communities? Our course recognises theatre’s potential to bring about social change. We want you to be an accomplished facilitator, director and theatre practitioner. Someone capable of creating meaningful drama for, with and by different communities. In this highly practical course, you collaborate with community groups, charities and the voluntary sector as you learn. Places available each year: 26
Modules
/ YEAR ONE: Facilitation: Presence, Play & Purpose / Directing: Politics, Poetics & Possibility / Storyteller: Myth, Story & Society / Practitioner: Performance & Creativity // YEAR TWO: Facilitation: Transformation, Flow & Synthesis / Directing: Realising Scripted & Devised Theatre / Storyteller: Counter Narratives & Community Performance / Practitioner: Theatre, Drama & Education /// YEAR THREE: Theatre for Democracy, Health & Environmental Advocacy / Relevancy, Realisation and Repertoire: The Pillars of Professional Practice / Launchpad: Individual Final Project
Assessment method
You are assessed regularly throughout the course and methods of assessment include in-class presentations, written assignments, portfolios and project-based performance. In your third year, you undertake a final practical project and an accompanying in-depth written research paper. Practical/written work ratio 65% practical work / 35% written assignments
How to apply
You can no longer submit a new application for courses starting in 2023.
If you already have a 2023 application and are in Clearing, you can add this course as a Clearing choice – contact the university or college first to check they have places.
25Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- W491
- Institution code:
- L48
- Campus name:
- Main Site
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 72 - 80 points
A level - BC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - MMP
Additional entry requirements
Audition
Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Interview
Other
Applicants are required to submit some additional information by 15th January. Applicants who apply before 15th January deadline will be contacted to request further information.
Student Outcomes
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Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
Go onto work and study
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| Republic of Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| EU | £18500 | Year 1 |
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
| International | £18500 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Mount Street
Liverpool
L1 9HF