Performing Arts
| Study Level | Level 2 |
| Duration | 1 Academic Year |
| Study Mode | Full-time |
| Start Date | September 2026 |
Lose your inhibitions and realise your creative possibilities on one of our performance programmes. Our courses will prepare you for the real deal in the creative industries. We keep them practical, innovative, and totally industry-focused.
Our industry links are second to none, with experienced staff and experts from the local arts scene and industry, who will ensure you leave us with skills and knowledge that you can apply immediately in your new career.
Why choose us?
- Benefit from small class sizes with more one-to-one support from your tutor
- Classes are delivered by experienced practicing Performing Arts professionals and academics with a wide range of industry experience
- Our industry partners include the Royal Shakespeare Company, BBC, ITV, Screen Yorkshire and Kala Sangam
100 %
pass rate at Level 33785
number of creative industry management jobs in Yorkshire and the Humber£ 36400
national average salary for a manager in the creative industriesOur Facilities
We have fully equipped, industry standard spaces for our students, which include performance, rehearsal and classrooms. We have three main spaces we use:
- The Siobhan Ullah Performance Space is our largest performing arts space. It was named after one of our talented performing arts students, Siobhan Ullah, who sadly passed away in 2011 at the age of 18.
- The space boasts a sprung dance floor, mirrors, full lighting rig and sound system
- A large ‘black box’ performance and rehearsal space, fully equipped with digital screens, lighting rig and a sound system
- A state-of-the-art TV studio and control room
Our Courses
Our courses are delivered in partnership with
Our Staff
Jenny Skinner
Jenny Skinner is a performance artist and academic. She has graduated with a BA and MA in Performance at Leeds Beckett University and continued her postgraduate research at The University of Leeds, focusing on feminist performance. She then returned to Leeds Beckett as a lecturer on their BA Theatre and Performance programme.
Her academic work centres on the use of neo-burlesque within live art to create empowering spaces for cisgender female performers to explore their experiences of sexual violence.
She has worked as an academic consultant on Arts Council England funded projects and collaborated on international performances with artists from South Africa, Greece, and Germany. Mostly recently, her full length stage show: ‘This is not a Burlesque Show’ (2021) was featured at the Sibiu International Theatre Festival in Romania.
Our Alumni
I'm currently a freelance theatre technician, but I've also got various acting jobs at Channel 4 and BBC. The course may give them that edge they need to progress further into the industry, such as get them on stage, get them noticed by arts organizations throughout Bradford.
Bradley Cook-Pattinson
BA (Hons) Performance Alumnus
Bradford College helps you start that journey of independence. This course has given me the confidence and opportunities to be ambitious and get out of my comfort zone. I have worked with companies like Dance United Yorkshire, Phoenix Dance Theatre and performed at Deer Shed festival.
Mohammed Saeed
Performing Arts
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