We aim to create graduates who are adaptable and rigorous performers, makers and practitioners, able to innovate in their own practice and shape their own career pathway. Many go on to have portfolio careers, including performing with established cutting-edge companies and forming their own companies, and producing or directing work. Other destinations for graduates include teaching, establishing theatre venues, writing, producing and more.
Alumni success
Kane Husbands
Founder, The PappyShow
Nanna Gunnars
Co-Founder, Huldufugl; Festival Director, ReykjavÃk Fringe Festival
Dr. Jorge Lopes Ramos
Artistic Director of ZU-UK
Graduate Theatre Companies
Filskit Theatre; Sleepwalk Collective; Smoking Apples; Todos Theatre; Hikapee
Sophia Eleni
On Arriving, West End; 15 Heroines, West End; Call the Midwife, ITV
Sofia Danu
Moonknight, Disney+; Two Palestinians Go Dogging, West End; Prime Suspect, ITV
Venues founded by ETA Graduates
The Freezer, Iceland; Nonsuch Studios, Nottingham
Careers options
Graduate ready to build a successful portfolio career in the performing arts, working in the UK and abroad as a freelance performer and theatremaker. Studying an Arts related subject gives you a wide range of skills that can be put to use in many careers. Recent graduates have gone on to become:
- Actors, entertainers, musicians and presenters
- Arts officers, producers and directors
- Teaching and other educational professionals
- Special needs education teaching professionals
- Authors, Writers and translators
- Artists, photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting operators
- Vocational trainers and instructors
- Playworkers
- Leisure and travel service roles