Our Goal

Our goal with arts engagement is to open the doors of the National Theatre School to as many people as possible. 

Through various courses, workshops, and programs, we hope to give different communities access to the resources and expertise developed at NTS over the past 60 years. We see it as our responsibility to connect with all those who have an interest in the performing arts. 

Our Engagement

We believe diversity and accessibility are critical to our society and art. With that in mind, we support everyone’s right to an artistic experience. We are committed to ensuring a better representation of diversity in our courses and to making our resources accessible to as many people as possible. That’s why we encourage people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, and ethnicities, as well as Indigenous people, people with lived experiences, and people of colour, to register for our programs.

The Pedagogy

The National Theatre School offers everyone the opportunity to explore theatre as a form of artistic expression and as an instrument for personal and social change.  

We seek to address the initial question: how to begin? It’s the starting point to every artistic project, every creation, regardless of whether it’s in acting, writing, or technical design. We will support you as you work towards different milestones in your artistic journey. 

It’s important to us that the learning be linked to a project that allows participants to make use of the skills that they acquire at NTS. They will then always be able to apply those skills to future activities, artistic or otherwise.