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BA (Hons) On-Campus Full-time 3 find out £9250 per year £22000 per year

About Acting (Musical Theatre), BA (Hons) - at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA)

Our intensive and practical course aims to create highly skilled actors who are accomplished singers and dancers. These multifaceted performers will be equipped to work in classic and contemporary Musical Theatre.

The course is underpinned by our experience of providing world-class actor training. It means you will also be equipped to take advantage of film, TV, radio and digital opportunities. Through practical classes, workshops and performances you develop your technical skills in all three core areas of acting, dance and singing and learn how to adapt these advanced techniques for different performance styles and genres. You also develop self-employment, enterprise and interpersonal skills. As part of a specialist performing arts institute, you collaborate with other students on performances and productions, replicating professional environments.

By your final year you are working at a professional level on public performances, collaborating with industry directors, choreographers and musical directors. You also take part in an industry showcase and curate a portfolio that includes showreel, voicereel and digital material.


Entry requirements

Contact The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) to find course entry requirements.


Why study at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA)

1. LIPA is for those who perform and make performance possible:

  • School of Creative Technologies, Design & Enterprise
  • School of Music
  • School of Performance

2. 92% of graduates are in work or further study (Graduate Outcomes survey published in 2024).

3. 7,450+ alumni across 79 countries

4. LIPA has been listed as one of Billboard's Top Music Business Schools for a fourth consecutive time (2024).