DPS Academy is our flagship artist training program and an incubator for new design-led performance work. Presented in partnership with The Princess Theatre, DPS Academy 2024 invites theatre makers of all disciplines to participate in a ten-part masterclass series exploring Dead Puppet Society’s creative methodologies.

Sessions will focus on vision, devising for visual theatre, story mapping, design conceit and creative producing, marketing and publicity, production design and prototyping, fabrication and preparing for production. Over the course of the program, artists will undertake creative development of their own original performance concepts, under the mentorship of Dead Puppet Society.

DPS Academy is supported by The Jelley Family Foundation. Additional program support provided by Studio1.