This course has been designed for you to develop your artistic practice and gain the skills needed for a career across the creative sectors of different industries. Learn from tutors who are active practitioners and experts in their field. Your learning experience will be based around contemporary artistic experiences and engagement with working professionals. Research and practice come together in a knowledge exchange with communities and local, regional and national partners. We welcome all theatre makers, facilitators, producers, educators, actors, creative writers or artists. Whatever your artistic focus, join this course and expand your work in performance platforms, and those wishing to start as professionals in any of these areas.

• Contemporary Theatre Making: By taking this route, you are following your passion for creative live performances. As well as focusing on making, you'll work with touring artists to discover more about how to apply for festivals, gain commissions, and the logistics of planning and budgeting. Our experienced tutors and guest artists will equip you to create performances for: Festivals City centre venues Site-specific projects The touring studio.

Applied Theatre Practice: When you study with us, you will grow your professional profile in the field of applied theatre by engaging in a range of well established local, regional, and national partnership projects, adding new skills and experiences to your repertoire.

Partnership projects have included:

Converge: This is a York St John partnership with the NHS that offers educational courses to local people who use mental health services, taught by our staff and students on campus.

It's Not Ok: This is a national Theatre in Education and digital resource project with York St John and The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). This partnership invites you to work on delivering the project in schools across the region.

York Theatre Royal: Our partnership with this local theatre provides opportunities for placements with their weekly youth theatre and community projects, facilitated in the theatre and across the city.