Overview

The Contemporary Performance programme from Liverpool Hope University is unique, guiding students to conceive, devise and deliver their creative ideas through close engagement with cutting-edge theories and practice bringing together the arts with science and ritualistic practices. It will be of particular interest to practitioners, curators and researchers interested in performance in its widest cultural sense and its application to the various strands of contemporary cultural practices.

This MA will help you to develop a mature and critical understanding of a variety of creative forms and their relevant historical and cultural contexts. You will get the opportunity to create new forms and contexts for performance, theatre and dance that respond to emerging social, political and ecological issues.

You will learn to write project and funding proposals and to document and archive your practice; developing a portfolio of projects to use for professional interactions with art organisations and institutions at national and international level.

Career opportunities:

Some students will develop their own artistic style as independent artists and learn to compete with their research projects for funding offered by charities such as the Welcome Trust or public agencies such as the Arts Council England.

Some will extend and refine their performance skills and will be trained for auditions with theatre and dance companies.

Others will focus on developing the necessary skills to work as art programmers, curators, producers or arts administrators for museums, art centres, private art galleries and art institutes

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Contemporary Practice Research
Performance Ecologies
Major Project
Public Presentation Performance
Performative Response Performance
Bid Presentation Portfolio

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 27 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-30 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-06 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-09-07 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-01-06 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-04 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-01-05 00:00:00 , National

More details

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Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

80

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59

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OTE

120

IELTS

6

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

80

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PTE Academic

59

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OTE

120

IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

A minimum of a Second-Class Honours degree in a related discipline, (eg: Drama, Performing Arts, Dance) awarded by a UK university, or an equivalent higher education qualification.
English Languace Proficiency

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

16500 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

8150 GBP / year

≈ 8150 GBP / year

Additional Details

If you are a home student who is studying part-time, we invoice half the full-time fee on registration for the first year of your course and the remaining bala

Living costs

Liverpool

United Kingdom

556 - 1035 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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