Master in Theatre – Toneelacademie Maastricht is a program for artists who work and think with the medium of performance in the broadest sense, have established a professional practice in their field and now seek possibilities for further reflection and development in a collaborative environment. The program addresses multidisciplinary practices by strengthening a variational approach to artistic research, tailormade mentoring, extensive feedback, and developing an artistic project within the field throughout the program.
The Master in Theatre is a practice and research based program for professional performance practitioners and for artists rooted in other disciplines with a keen interest in the performing arts.
The Master in Theatre assists artists in the organization of a trajectory suited to their individual development needs. The primary support tools the Master provides are contexts and networks.
The program consists of
- an intensive organized program with seminars, workshops, meetings and mentorings. You get a challenging and varied input to help you develop your artistic project and research.
- an ongoing critical discussion with your peers, mentors and visiting performance professionals from the Dutch and Belgian performing arts field. Through these exchanges you strengthen your discourse and position yourself.
- a hands-on training where your artistic practice is central. You finish the Master with a project in the professional field and a research that you present to your peers..
- an individualized itinerary in which you choose specific mentors and contexts relevant for your artistic project and research.
The Master in Theatre is a full-time program organized in English that takes 18 months. The total study load amounts to 85 ECTS credits, spread over minimum two years. The program is organized as to make the combination of the Master’s with your ongoing professional activities reconcilable: all meetings are scheduled on Mondays and Tuesdays in Maastricht or on location; the majority of collective sessions are organized during the first block (September-December); from January on you become more self-organized and are thus mostly in charge of your own agenda.
Learn more about the program:
toneelacademie.nl/en/programs/master-in-theatre/
Practical Info
Study Guide