With long standing reputation for training professional actors, theatre makers and performers, the School of Theatre’s graduates have gone on to successfully work in theatre, film, TV and radio. Alumni include Zawe Ashton, Victoria Bewick, John Bradley, Amanda Burton, Amanda Clapham, Steve Coogan, Elizabeth Estensen, Richard Griffiths, Bernard Hill, Matthew Kelly, Noreen Kershaw, Elliot Knight, Nathan McMullen, Adam Kotz, Susie Potter, Antony Sher, John Thomson, David Threlfall and Julie Walters.
The School’s professional partnerships with organisations such as the Halle, RNCM, HOME and Chetham’s School of Music provide an exciting range of opportunities for students to be involved with Manchester's thriving media, theatre and performance scene.