School of Performance and Cultural Industries
Studying with us
We are looking for individuals who want to make things happen with a thirst for knowledge about the world around them. Our students are the makers, thinkers and creators of the future.
Undergraduate
During your time with as an undergraduate student you’ll develop the creativity of the artist, the insight of the cultural activist and the dynamism of the entrepreneur.
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Research degrees
During your PhD you can experience a supportive, stimulating and challenging research environment alongside academics who share your passion for your subject.
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Our research
Research in the School of Performance and Cultural Industries is firmly connected to the roles of arts and culture in society.
Our world-leading research, cuts across the fields of theatre, performance, scenography, somatic practice, new writing, creativity, entrepreneurship, audience research, participation, urbanism, cultural policy and more. We have a strong interdisciplinary ethos as we actively collaborate, with other schools in the University, to enhance our teaching and research, as well as with universities and industry around the world.
stage@leeds
stage@leeds is a public contemporary performance space, situated at the heart of the University of Leeds campus, dedicated to the supporting the work of new and emerging artists.
News and events
Strong results for AHC in 2025 National Student Survey
The Faculty improved its position in 25 out of 27 individual NSS questions
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WWII memoir brought to life through lecture-performance tour across Yorkshire
The performance, which drew on a little-known memoir by a Cypriot soldier in…
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Shampoo, secrets and the power of storytelling
The interdisciplinary research project revealing the complexities of…
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Learning from burlesque to create safer spaces
A ‘Grassroots Safer Spaces Event’ at Leeds Playhouse has explored the…
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