Overview
The Theatre and Performance Design course at University of the Arts London (UAL) offers you studio-based vocational training. As a freelance theatre and production designer the course will develop your skills and approach to collaboration, technology and storytelling.
It will train you to become a theatre and production designer who makes dynamic, innovative environments that connect your audience to the performance. With a strong emphasis on live, real-time performance, you will learn skills to help you develop, organise and deliver a production.
What to expect
- Analyse your work on a deeper level: Learn to identify and critique influences, traditions and cultures that inform your work.
- Design methods and processes: You will be exposed to performance design and fabrication techniques used in industry.
- Digital performance: Gain an understanding of the role of digital technology in theatre and production design.
- Exploration: You will look at the performer-audience relationship.
- Sustainability: Learn to assess and implement key factors of sustainability within the industry locally and globally.
- An ethical focus: Students have a responsibility to contribute towards a better and more sustainable world. Throughout your course, you will explore climate, social and racial justice and learn how to embed these principles into your creative practice.
- Making and drawing skills: Improve your model-making, technical and costume drawing techniques as a way of presenting and communicating ideas and designs.
- Contextual study: You will look at historical, current and developing forms of practice and production within live performance, stage and costume design.
- Seminars: Take part in discussions that will give you a critical awareness of cultural production.
- An individual approach: You will develop your own way of asking questions, researching and solving problems in a professional, historical and social context.
- Collaboration: Take part in a cross-course ensemble design with fellow students.
- Professional mentoring: To investigate, and where possible, establish a partnership with a professional mentor.
- Final major project: You will develop and present a final creative event project based on an area of personal research and interest.
- Research: You will produce a dissertation, as well as learning about research techniques and ideas that will enhance your practical training.
- Access to Wimbledon’s shared workshops
Programme Structure
- To obtain additional information about the programme, we kindly suggest that you visit the programme website, where you can find further details and relevant resources.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Most of the postgraduate courses have 2 rounds of deadlines: December and March. If there are still places available after the second deadline, the course will remain open to applications until all places have been filled.
Language
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Credits
Delivered
Campus Location
- London, United Kingdom
Disciplines
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Academic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
The standard minimum entry requirements for this course are:
- BA (Hons) degree or equivalent academic qualifications
- Alternative qualifications and experience will also be taken into consideration
- Personal statement
- Portfolio of work
Tuition Fees
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents30890 GBP / year≈ 30890 GBP / year -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents14420 GBP / year≈ 14420 GBP / year
Living costs
London
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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