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Academy of Music & Theatre Arts

Our amazing facilities comprise 11 performance and rehearsal spaces, flexible theatre space, 650 square metres of sprung dance floors, live rooms, control rooms, and digital and analogue equipment. We’re also a working venue.

AMATA (Academy of Music & Theatre Arts) is a destination for international theatrical performances, dance groups and music acts - where you can take a realistic approach to becoming a professional performer, manager or technician. You’ll work with industry partners like Island Records, Yamaha, Kneehigh Theatre, Solid State Logic and RouteNote, and hear from visiting lecturers like Emma Rice and Island Records’ Darcus Beese. Alongside this real-world experience, you’ll collaborate with gaming, animation and film students, taking your work into digital and virtual environments.

Our courses

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Acting BA(Hons)

Push boundaries to become a progressive actor in a highly creative and collaborative environment. Based in a vibrant, supportive community, you’ll...

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CertHE Music Courses

Take your first steps towards becoming a skilled creative music artist with one of our three CertHE courses. As part of the Academy of Music and...

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Creative Music Technology BA(Hons)

Develop the creative and technical abilities needed to thrive in the music industry. Exploring composition, music production, sound design and...

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Dance & Choreography BA(Hons)

Launch your career as a dancer and celebrate your unique potential as an artist with this skills-focused dance degree. Throughout this course, you’ll...

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Music BA(Hons)

Prepare for a career as a professional musician with this industry-focused music degree. Based within our supportive and collaborative environment,...

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Musical Theatre BA(Hons)

Combining training in acting, singing and dance, this practice-led degree will empower you for a career in musical theatre. You’ll develop...

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Popular Music BA(Hons)

Whether it’s underground or mainstream, DIY or commercial, acoustic or electric, this course is for artists with eclectic styles and open-minded...

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Technical Theatre Arts BA(Hons)

Begin your career in the technical theatre arts and get valuable, hands-on experience of the performance industry. Develop specialised technical and...

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Theatre & Performance BA(Hons)

Embrace a world of opportunity to become an original and distinctive theatre maker and performer. As part of Falmouth's Academy of Music & Theatre...

AMATA virtual experience

Whether you want to see your name in lights or want to light the stage, Director of the Academy of Music & Theatre Arts, Terrie Fender, shows how studying at Falmouth University will launch your career as a professional performer, manager or technician.

Take the virtual experience

"I had a brilliant couple of days with the music students at Falmouth. There are some great young musicians making bold, innovative and exciting music, and some cool tutors and lecturers encouraging and challenging them."

Ed O'Brien (Radiohead)

Featured Artist Coalition Board Director & Co-Chair

Performance facilities

As an AMATA student you'll be sharing performance facilities with the likes of Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, Forced Entertainment, Kneehigh theatre, Neil Halstead, Rei Nakamura and Graham Fitkin.

News

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Lecturer establishes historic Royal Musical Association study group

16 February 2021
Dr D Ferrett, Senior Lecturer in Popular Music, has become one of four academics to form the...
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Dance & Choreography graduate produces 2020 Rhythms

12 January 2021
Commissioned by East London Dance through their The Fi.ELD (Future Innovators. East London Dance)...
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New album released by music lecturer Norah Lorway

18 December 2020
Award-winning Creative Music Technology lecturer Dr Norah Lorway has released her latest album...
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Sarah Gordon wins this year’s Nick Darke Award with The Underdog

10 December 2020
Sarah Gordon was announced as the winner of the prestigious Nick Darke Award for her stage play...
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Falmouth University Illuminated Red

12 August 2020
Our Academy of Music and Theatre Arts (AMATA) was illuminated red last night in support of the live...
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Falmouth Selected for Immersive Storytelling Role

8 June 2020
Falmouth is one of five universities across the UK selected for a new initiative, Train the Trainer...
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Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien delivers a Q&A session to Music students

7 May 2020
Radiohead's Ed O'Brien recently delivered a Q&A session to Falmouth University Music students with...
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Harri Named Track of the Week

28 April 2020
Creative Music Technology Student, Harri Bettsworth, had her music played and named track of the...
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Social Distancing Festival

22 April 2020
Jim Aitchison, Associate Lecturer for Music, is taking part in the Social Distancing Festival, an...
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Work Experience with Established Producer

10 February 2020
Creative Music Technology student Jack O'Hea recently had the pleasure of work experience with...
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Course Leader's Upcoming Book

4 February 2020
Popular Music Course Leader, Dr D Ferrett is the author of Dark Sound: Feminine Voices in Sonic...
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VIP Industry Guests at AMATA

31 January 2020
Students and staff were captivated by industry guest masterclasses during Enhancement Week at AMATA...
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Acting Residency for Student

31 January 2020
Third Year Acting student Robert Bogdanov-Schein has been accepted on a specialist co-habitation...
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Music Graduate One to Watch

21 January 2020
Picked as 'one to watch' by the Guardian in late 2019, life has been a whirlwind for rising British...
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Lecturer’s New Album is Guardian Folk Album of the Month

17 December 2019
‘Still Every Year They Went’ is an album by Dr Johny Lamb, Senior Lecturer in Popular Music, (also...
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Ider’s Emotional Education on Tour

11 December 2019
Lily Somerville and Megan Markwick found each other at Falmouth University, now the world is...
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Graduate Enlists Falmouth Talent to Bring Research to Life

19 September 2019
Music, Theatre & Entertainment Management graduate Ellie Ripley has been working with fellow...
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Class of 2019 Graduate!

19 July 2019
We've been honouring our 2019 graduates this week (16 – 19 July).Undergraduates and postgraduates...
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Falmouth University Hosts Poldark Preview

20 June 2019
Lucky fans of Poldark and hundreds of local school pupils got a real treat this week, when they...
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Placement at Award-Winning Theatre Company Inspires Student

17 June 2019
When your ambition is to establish and run your own theatre company, as it is for Beth Hargrave,...

Upcoming events

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Wed 10 Mar 2021
18:00

Sheba Soul Ensemble presents FLY! Festival of Black Women’s Film

Music and Theatre Arts

To celebrate International Women’s Day, Sheba Soul Ensemble present Fly! a Festival of Black Women’...

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Wed 17 Mar 2021
18:30

Online Artists’ Talk Series: Amy Bell and Hetain Patel in Conversation

Music and Theatre Arts

Dance maker and performer Amy Bell and visual artist and performer Hetain Patel in conversation.

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Wed 24 Mar 2021
19:00

A Mr and Mrs Clark Production: Louder Is Not Always Clearer | Online Live Stream Performance

Music and Theatre Arts

Louder Is Not Always Clearer is an honest portrayal of the vulnerability of a deaf man.

Actor in long black dress, body on the stage floor behind her and 3 drummers at the back of the stage.
Two dancers doing hand stands and bending at hips so legs are at a right angle mirroring each other.
Building with external staircases lit up in blue and purple.
Actor in graffitied booth holding arm and leg up high.
Music students on stage singing and playing keyboard.
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