‘We've started this new MA in acting with a firm emphasis on creating work and starting new companies to complete the five year trajectory of performance training at LIPA,’ says course leader Matt Wilde. ‘We offer a one-year foundation course, a three-year BA and now this MA.’
In practice, the inaugural year's first cohort of students are not LIPA graduates. ‘Most have worked for a while but want to come back into training in order to build new contacts and work in new ways,’ says Wilde, adding that he has students in their 50s and some international students. ‘That's great for forming companies and creating diverse new work. I feel very blessed because it's wonderful to be able to cast from such a wealth of experience’
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