The University of Salford is to launch a playwriting Masters degree which, for the first time in the UK, will be run in formal partnership with some of the country’s leading theatres, including the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse Theatre along with Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre and the Octagon Theatre in Bolton.
It will involve the organisations teaching two modules of the MA, offering aspiring playwrights a unique opportunity to learn from professionals and gain an insight into the running of major theatres.
The course will also be taught at the University’s MediaCityUK base, with facilities including an experimental performance space—the Digital Performance Lab—incorporating the latest audiovisual and broadcast technologies, and professional standard TV and radio studios.
Details: www.salford.ac.uk/courses/creative-writing-playwriting.