MA Acting - Open Evening
When: Thursday, 14 May - Thursday, 14 May
Where: Paul McCartney Auditorium
On Thursday 14 May 2026, we’re running an MA Acting - Open Evening to help you decide whether postgraduate acting training is right for you.
³§±è±ð²Ô»åÌý1 hour in a practical workshopÌýwith actor and acting teacher Caroline Martin, followed by aÌý30-minute Q&A with staff. You can also optionally stay to watch our MA students' perform Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
Horizon
When: Wednesday, 15 April - Wednesday, 15 April
Where: FACT Liverpool
A covert team from a fragile futureÌýlaunchÌýa daring mission to stop a brilliant scientist from rewriting history.ÌýÌý
But their intervention sets off a series of catastrophic events. Timelines fracture and the scientist’s loved ones and an unsuspecting group of paramedics find their lives irrevocably altered.ÌýÌý
Written exclusively for our third-year Acting (Screen & Digital) students, Horizon merges three original storylines into a bold, time-shifting feature film.ÌýÌý
Performed byÌýthird-yearÌýActing (Screen & Digital) students.ÌýÌý
2ube Xtra 2026
When: Friday, 17 April - Saturday, 02 May
Where: PAUL MCCARTNEY AUDITORIUM, mini´«Ã½.
Liverpool’s biggest free music festival is back and better than ever for 2026, with an amazing lineup of over 50 student artists performing this year.
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
When: Thursday, 14 May - Saturday, 16 May
Where: PAUL McCARTNEY AUDITORIUM, mini´«Ã½.
A violent revolution...Ìý
A split-second choice...Ìý
Servant girl Grusha rescues an abandoned baby; when his mother returns to claim him, she finds herself placed on trial.Ìý
Brecht’s timeless morality fable is given a startling reimagining, as a war-ravaged community locks horns over the true nature of ‘justice’.Ìý
Performed by MA Acting students.Ìý
This Life is Wild
When: Thursday, 28 May - Saturday, 30 May
Where: PAUL McCARTNEY AUDITORIUM, mini´«Ã½.
Rooted in the natural world,ÌýThis Life is WildÌýexplores the beauty and brutality of being human.Ìý
Set in a distorted garden of blooms andÌýtangled, untamedÌýbrambles, the work moves through self-discovery,ÌýgrowthÌýand renewal - where tenderness and resistance exist side by side.Ìý
A devised dance pieceÌýthatÌýreflectsÌýthe cycle of life: what we nurture, what wounds us, and what survives.ÌýÌý
Performed by Second year Dance studentsÌý
Get Set
When: Tuesday, 28 July - Thursday, 30 July
Where: mini´«Ã½.
Interested in studying a performing arts or making performance possible subject at university in 2027?
Get Set is an intensive, three-day residential summer school offering you a range of practical skill-building workshops in your chosen area from Acting, Dance, Music, Musical Theatre, Theatre Design/Production.
