About CETT
The Centre for Excellence in Training for Theatre (CETT)
was created by The Central
School of Speech and Drama, University of London. It works to provide
a national resource for vocational performing arts training and learning,
a focus for theatre research and scholarship, and a site for collaboration,
nationally and internationally, between industry, Higher Education and
specialist training providers.
Since its inception in 2005, CETT has hosted several events which have
focussed on different aspects of theatre; Verbatim Theatre, Postdramatic
Theatre, Feminist Neo-Burlesque and Puppetry.
In addition, CETT has welcomed guests including ORLAN, Anatoly
Smeliansky, Anoja Weerasinghe and Hans-Thies Lehmann,
who have spoken about their work and practices.
CETT actively supports the documentation of curriculum work at The Central
School of Speech and Drama, and has facilitated a variety of projects,
including recent work with Handspring, Kinetika and Complicite.
Also on-going Enquiries curated by CETT include investigations into key
concerns in the theatre profession - Sustainability, Street Arts and Documentation.
There is involvement in projects on issues faced by students in theatre
training - the questions of access; dis/ability; dyslexia and body image.
These investigations are run in collaboration with sister institutions in
HE and specialist training, and with theatre and industry professionals.
