• Highly practical, distinctive courseÊthat immerses you in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary practice, preparing you to enter the 21st century Performing Arts industry
• Versatile approachwithÊa focus on making performance for a range of situations, including physical theatre, dramatic performance, digital sound and film, site specific, and contemporary music theatreÊ
• International opportunityÊthroughÊ#DMUglobalÊwhere you will have the opportunity for a meaningful international experience,Êwith a chance to spend aÊweek abroadÊas artists-in-residence creating performance work
• Excellent industry linksÊgiveÊthe opportunity to do placements and work in professional work in professional collaborations with expert practitioners; previous visiting arts groups include Frantic Assembly and Imitating the Dog
• Your own specialist programmeÊconstructed from a wide range of modules across three broad themes: Contemporary Performance; Digital Performance; Applied Arts and Education Ê

• Mirror the Performing Arts industrywith the opportunity to work in an intensive project-based way

• Superb facilitiesÊinclude spacious studios and fully equipped performance spaces, and the opportunity to make and perform work in venues across Leicester and internationally

Incorporating many contemporary arts disciplines, including acting, dance, voice, physical theatre, music theatre, sound design and digital video, the course celebrates and interrogates the possibilities of live and digital arts in a range of performance contexts, from the traditional to the avant-garde.

With a focus on making performance, you are supported to develop as individual, innovative artists, able to create, perform and manage yourselves, and others, within the national and international performing arts industries.Ê