Theatre - Working with others
Theatre students at York St John have the opportunity to
work with a wide range of people during the three years of the
programme. The different interactions that students can have with
individuals and organisation will vary depending on the particular
pathway of modules that are selected. This could involve
professional links with the York Theatre
Royal, schools and colleges in the local area as
well as projects working with a wide range of voluntary groups
and cultural organisations in the City and region. In the past,
Theatre students and Fine Arts, Dance and Music students have
worked with the York
Museums Trust curatorial
staff to develop a large scale performance event as part of the
international Constantine The Great Exhibition.
Graduate Enterprise Support for Theatre Makers
The Faculty was also very proud that
Dr Nick Rowe and a graduate Theatre student, Gemma Aldred won the
Higher Education Social Entrepreneurship Award for setting up a new
theatre company called 'Out of
Character', where YSJU students and external
participants, who are health service users, collaborate on
the making of theatre productions. ln 2009 Out of Character
were directed by the Associate artistic Director of the York Theatre Royal in
a sell out show based on the works of Frank Kafka.
Their social enterprise project Converge aims to open up workshops
classes in music, dance and creative writing giving York St John
Faculty students a real opportunity to work with York based
community groups where the arts act as a powerful motivating
force.
Find out more about Converge