BA (Hons) Scenic Arts

The NCDT accredited Scenic Arts programme is designed to equip graduates with a range of theatre craft skills including prop making, scenery building and scenic painting. You will emerge from the programme with a forward-looking professional knowledge of the technical arts that support all types of performance, based on traditional experience and practice as well as modern materials and emerging technologies. Your skills will enable you to pursue a rewarding career in performance and media industries including theatre, film, television and live events.

During the programme, your base will be the Masefield Workshop, which boasts 230sq.

metres of construction space for wood and metal work and includes a paint frame, specialist fibreglass and plaster room, two props workshops and AutoCAD facilities. You will be taught by professional staff with wide-ranging experience in the industry and you will have the opportunity to collaborate with students studying other production disciplines to create fully mounted performances. Activities range from building and painting scenery and making props for the College’s productions to individual projects that include stage engineering and complex manufacturing techniques in prop making and scenic painting

A-Levels, BTEC or equivalent. All applicants are invited for interview (portfolio required). For an explanation of qualifications, have a look at our IAG page on this site www.creativeway.org.uk/quals.

A Progression Agreement is a formal arrangement between two or more education providers. It spells out what a learner needs to do to be considered for a place on a named programme of study. Progression Agreements may vary in the conditions they specify but they all aim to give guaranteed pathways into higher education.

There are progression agreements between this course and the following courses: Barking College BTEC National Diploma Performing Arts (Dance Drama or Stagecraft)
Barking College BTEC National Diploma Performing Arts (Technical Theatre)
Lewisham College BTEC National Award Theatre Production
Mid Kent College BTEC National Diploma Performing Arts (Acting Dance Musical Theatre)
Mid Kent College BTEC National Diploma Technical Theatre

Advice on courses and careers:- The Creative Way IAG team provides a specialist service for anyone interested in finding out about courses and careers in the creative and cultural industries. We can provide information direct to Students, Parents/ Carers, Tutors and Careers Advisers via email, phone or organised workshops and 1 to 1 sessions. To find out more, visit our IAG page on this site on http://www.creativeway.org.uk/IAG Or contact one of our career advisers: Matt Ball 07889 001764 m.ball@uel.ac.uk or Sarah Comerford 07515 051509 s.comerford@uel.ac.uk