The Impulse ACADEMY plays a core role in understanding independent theatre. In this third edition participants from theory and practice will once again come together to consider key questions for the production and aesthetics of independent theatre and its place in society. On the first weekend of the festival, audiences are invited to explore a living archive of 30 years of Impulse and to examine the history of independent theatre. In discussions and workshops on the second weekend of the festival, we will address the issue of class and attempt to create an awareness of this category which has often been neglected in independent theatre.