City College Plymouth is a further education college located in the heart of Plymouth, providing innovative, skills-based vocational training and higher education to over 25,000 students each year. The College runs courses in performing arts, music and media.

Coinciding with our status as a Founder College of The National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural Skills, the College is launching Plymouth Institute of Production, Performance and Arts (PIPPA). PIPPA aims to provide the best possible training, with the best range of facilities in the South West.

PIPPA houses drama and dance studios, complete with full light rigging and stage props, music practice suites, media equipment, recording studios and IT suites. At our Deep Blue Sound venue in the city centre, there is a ‘real’ live music venue, recording studios, three live rooms, a PC suite, two Mac suites, two lecture theatres and studio pods.