MA Theatre Collectives
MA Theatre Collectives, the first postgraduate degree in the UK designed specifically for collaborative theatre and performance groups. We provide an unparalleled opportunity for emergent and established theatre groups who want time and space to make high-quality theatre work and establish or refine their professional collective identity.
New Work Network wholly supports Chichester University’s MA Theatre Collectives course, which has the strong potential to be a new model and exemplar of supporting new performance and contemporary theatre practice. NWN is excited by this new higher education initiative and believes it will play an innovative role in developing and nurturing practitioners challenging and redefining the theatre landscape. Philippa Barr, New Work Network
Key features include:
- A supportive, creative environment in which your collective and individual practice can thrive
- A programme of external mentoring, with key international theatre collectives
- Postgraduate level academic development and qualification for all members of the collective
- Supervision, training and teaching by academic practitioners, and industry professionals
- Association and membership with the New Work Network, Total Theatre and two years’ membership of the Independent Theatre Council
- Teaching opportunities, and the opportunity to participate and present work at research laboratory events and public platforms
- Dedicated office facilities, rehearsal space, and access to leading-edge theatre technologies and resources
We would like to invite any prospective applicants to one of our launch days held throughout the year. It will be a chance to learn about the programme, meet supervisory staff and mentoring artists, and tour the facilities. For information about the launch event, please contact Julie Thurston on the details below.
We will also hold networking sessions, where interested individuals can meet and form collectives with other like-minded artists/practitioners.
Please note: our course is also available as a Part Time or Distance Learning programme; thus developing a greater geographical scope, and allowing interested applicant unable to reside in Chichester/South East to undertake postgraduate studies, and make work in the comfort of their own location. The course is tailor made to suit both emerging and established theatre groups and companies.
If you aspire to create performance collectively and would like to spend a year establishing your theatre collective's critical and creative practice, then contact Julie Thurston.
For Further Information
Contact the School Administrator Julie Thurston
Tel No: +44 (0)1243 816206
Email: j.thurston@chi.ac.uk
How to Apply
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