The Theatre Design programme offers a highly creative preparation for a successful career in theatre and associated live and recorded performance events. You will experience the total design process from the initial creative dialogue, through visualisation to full performance. Placing equal emphasis on costume and set design, you will learn to respond visually and creatively to stimuli ranging from text and character to music, shape and movement. The programme will also develop your professional awareness and understanding of the responsibilities of the designer through a comprehensive programme of classes, projects and public performances.
Working in dedicated design studio spaces, you will gain skills in research, critical analysis and communication. Collaboration across all programmes is key and you will team up with students from all the production disciplines on fully realised productions in a variety of public venues. The expertise of a wide range of visiting lecturers and practitioners from the performance industries is at your disposal and our industry links are excellent, so your second-year work placement module could be with a major theatre company or a leading practitioner of design.
The Programme at a glance
Over three years, you will:
Be introduced to the fundamentals of set and costume design
Undertake design projects led by practising professional designers and directors
Learn to analyse plays and other source material, and to develop, visualise and realise an imaginative response to that material
Develop skills in drawing, model making, 3D visualisation
Work with your peers from other programmes on group projects, exploring ideas within the collaborative process of theatre making
Extend your learning through conceptual design projects and peer group collaborative productions
Design at least two fully realised productions in a variety of public venues
Undertake a substantial research project into a design subject of your choice
Have the opportunity for a work placement in the industry or a period of study abroad.
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.
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