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.
Spend 1 hour in a practical workshop with actor and acting teacher Caroline Martin, followed by a 30-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 future launch a daring mission to stop a brilliant scientist from rewriting history.
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.
Written exclusively for our third-year Acting (Screen & Digital) students, Horizon merges three original storylines into a bold, time-shifting feature film.
Performed by third-year Acting (Screen & Digital) students.
2ube Xtra 2026
When: Friday, 17 April - Saturday, 02 May
Where: PAUL MCCARTNEY AUDITORIUM, LIPA
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, LIPA
A violent revolution...
A split-second choice...
Servant girl Grusha rescues an abandoned baby; when his mother returns to claim him, she finds herself placed on trial.
Brecht’s timeless morality fable is given a startling reimagining, as a war-ravaged community locks horns over the true nature of ‘justice’.
Performed by MA Acting students.
This Life is Wild
When: Thursday, 28 May - Saturday, 30 May
Where: PAUL McCARTNEY AUDITORIUM, LIPA
Rooted in the natural world, This Life is Wild explores the beauty and brutality of being human.
Set in a distorted garden of blooms and tangled, untamed brambles, the work moves through self-discovery, growth and renewal - where tenderness and resistance exist side by side.
A devised dance piece that reflects the cycle of life: what we nurture, what wounds us, and what survives.
Performed by Second year Dance students
Get Set
When: Tuesday, 28 July - Thursday, 30 July
Where: LIPA
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.