LIPA

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The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts opened in 1996 to forge a new approach to performing arts training. It was co-founded by our Lead Patron Sir Paul McCartney and Mark Featherstone-Witty (LIPA's Principal), and is housed in his old school, which underwent a multi-million pound renovation to transform it into a state-of-the-art performing arts higher education institution.

Today LIPA is an acknowledged part of the UK’s higher education provision for the performing arts, recognised and ranked alongside institutions a lot older. LIPA provides learning for the main skills needed for putting on a show (performers and those who make performance possible), uniquely blending specialist and generic skills.

LIPA offers degree courses in Acting, Community Drama, Dance, Music Theatre and Entertainment Management, Music, Sound Technology, Theatre and Performance Design and Theatre and Performance Technology. We also run full-time one year Foundation Certificates in Performing Arts (Acting); Performing Arts (Dance); Performing Arts (Singing); and Popular Music and Sound Technology.

We train students for a future of sustained work. Most recent figures have shown that over the most recent four year period, 96% of LIPA’s graduates are in work three years after leaving, while 87% work in the performing arts. To achieve this, our curriculum is constantly being revised.


Connected mandy members:

2021, Cacophony, Daisy Spiro
Paul Mccartney Auditorium
2021, Cacophony, Seb
Paul Mccartney auditorium
2021, Brief Encounter, Alec
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Amy Lockwood
Actor, Singer
2021, Alien out of the shadows, Ripley
LIPA
Saul Richardson
Lighting Programmer
2021, 2ube Xtra 2021, Chief Electrician
Paul McCartney Auditorium
Alex Neesham Willcocks
Sound Engineer
2021, 2UBE XTRA, Broadcast System Design, FOH Design and Comms Engineer
Paul McCartney Auditorium
2020, Woyzeck, Marie/Doctor
LIPA
Laura Lomax
Set Designer
2020, Widening Participation, Theatre Design and Technology Tutor
Ruth Allison
Drama Facilitator
2020, See No Evil, Company Member
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
2020, Richard III, Edward IV
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Jade Hicks-Williams
Stage Manager
2020, Richard III, Lighting Designer
Paul Mcartney Auditorium
2020, Pillars of the Community, Lona Hessell
LIPA
Ruth Allison
Drama Facilitator
2020, More Than... Blanket Baths and Bed-Pans, Workshop Facilitator/ Deputy-Head Maker (Puppets, Props and Costume)
Scott Sheerins
Lighting Designer
2020, Kahlo, Lighting Designer
Paul McCartney Auditorium
Charlotte Jones
Assistant Stage Manager
2020, Kahlo, Deputy Stage Manager
Paul McCartney Auditorium
2020, HAMLET, GERTRUDE
PAUL MCCARTNEY AUDITORIUM
2020, Hamlet, Ophelia
LIPA
Jade Hicks-Williams
Stage Manager
2020, Hamlet, Lighting Designer
Rebecca Maguire
Deputy Stage Manager
2020, Frida Kahlo, Stage Manager
PAUL MCCARTNEY Auditorium
Chloe Spencer
Lighting, Followspot Operator
2020, Chicago, Lx programmer

LIPA Jobs

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Alternative Company Names

Independent Student Board @ LIPA, LIPA 4:19, LIPA Company, LIPA Graduates, LIPA MA Acting, LIPA Production, LIPA Productions, LIPA/UArts, Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts