BA Applied Theatre, The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - BCU

The Applied Theatre Course at Birmingham City University is unique, being the only specialist degree course focusing exclusively on Applied Theatre.

The Applied Theatre Course at BCU is unique. It is a specialist degree in Applied Theatre, meaning theatre which happens in schools, hospitals, prisons community centres, theatre with a purpose, theatre that is trying to change the world in which we live. Taught by experienced practitioners, and in partnership with a range of professional companies, the course is loved by its students, who are pas

06/05/2026

It’s a touring life for our 2nd year students on placement…

24/04/2026

BA Applied Theatre (Community and Education) presents:
Others Build Windmills...

When the winds of change blow, some people build walls…

The wall wasn’t built overnight. It took time, the telling of tales, the spreading of rumours and the spinning of rhetoric. Inevitably, the people became divided, a line was drawn, and then a vote was called. To keep the peace, the people voted for a border of solid concrete. But now, the wall cuts through streets and homes, and has displaced and fractured families. Now, these families exist either side of a divide that is cemented by propaganda, prejudice and poverty, and of course they want change. And all walls collapse, eventually. It’s only a matter of time.

An original piece of ‘theatre for our times’, devised and performed by first year BA Applied Theatre students, Others Build Windmills draws on the revolutionary spirit of epic theatre to tell this contemporary story of patterns in history, of putting up barriers, and of the timeless human need to pull them down.

Thursday 14th May: 19.30
Friday 15th May: 14.30 & 19.30
Saturday 16th May: 14.30

Book tickets here: https://www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/events-calendar/others-build-windmills-14-16-05-2026

16/02/2026

Next up in our "Spotlight On..." series is our fab grad Meg - she's been very busy over the last twenty months since graduating...! Open Theatre Company Birmingham Hippodrome