Applied Theatre: Arts Action Change addresses contemporary practice in applied theatre and socially engaged performance in national and international contexts. This MA is aimed at emerging practitioners with a background in theatre education politics or activism as well as at more established practitioners who want to reflect refresh and develop their skills.
Course Overview
This MA in Applied Theatre: Arts Action Change is a taught postgraduate degree that addresses contemporary practice in applied theatre and socially engaged performance. It invites students to explore make and interrogate performance practices that are broadly concerned with contributing to social change in a variety of settings (e.g. criminal justice theatre for development homelessness learning disability schools the elderly and healthcare). With a strong focus on professional practice and development the degree addresses the ways in which performance modes can contribute to different applied community and institutional settings nationally and internationally.
It investigates the claims made about performance and its potential to be transformative and rehabilitative and tests these claims through close consideration of contemporary practices in the field. It also addresses the political and ethical implications that come into play and the importance of constantly questioning what is at stake when working in specific contexts. It explores what it means to be an artist working for change and aims to develop skills of project design facilitation and evaluation. The programme is aimed at emerging practitioners with a background in theatre education politics or activism as well as at more established practitioners who want to reflect refresh and develop their skills.
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Careers
A person who undertakes this MA programme might pursue the following career trajectories:
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September 2025
University of Warwick
Coventry,
CV4 7AL, England
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