Create innovative, brave and enthralling work for theatre and live performance.Help to shape the future of performance as a powerful contemporary artform on this multidisciplinary Theatre & Performance degree. Created to develop passionate hands-on practitioners who want to bring powerful theatre and storytelling to life, you will be supported to become a culturally aware and adaptable live performance artist. With audiences hungry for innovative and engaging shows, this course responds directly to the industry’s need for collaborative and highly skilled creative explorers. From the start, you'll be trained by makers, practitioners and academics as you develop a diversity of theatre making skills in addition to performance prowess – including devising, directing, writing, scenography and digital technology, building your confidence as an industry-facing professional. Taught within our Academy of Music & Theatre Arts (AMATA), underpinned by intensive practical work, you will collaborate across disciplines, creating performances that push the boundaries of technology and art and given the freedom to express an individual approach to your practice. With the emphasis on learning by doing and interrogating all elements of live productions, you’ll graduate as a creatively confident and physically skilled practitioner who can manage, produce, perform and professionally facilitate your own work – ready to build your name in the industry. Why study this course at FalmouthWork with highly skilled and experienced practitioners, artists, academics and creative technicians.Have access to the latest resources and technologies, including green screen, motion capture and virtual reality resources, as well as an extensive range of technical sound, lighting and recording and editing equipment. Benefit from AMATA’s year-round performance programme, which attracts top artists and performers across a range of disciplines. Build industry links through workshops, guest lectures and visits by companies such as Ad Infinitum, Beyond Face, Gecko, Prodigal Theatre, Wildworks, Miracle Theatre and The Royal Shakespeare Company. Create and take part in a diverse range of collaborative performance projects, including a major immersive production and your own Professional Project.This course is an accredited degree with Spotlight and Equity. Students are eligible to join Spotlight in the first term of their final year. Inclusive of their membership, they have a wealth of support, content and events tailored explicitly towards this membership group from Spotlight.