BA (Hons) Theatre Design

Key Features:

  • Studio based training in the theory and practice of performance-related design
  • Tuition and supervision from an established team of experienced industry practitioners
  • Close collaboration with actors, stage managers, technicians and directors under professional working conditions
  • Series of practical workshop modules covering a full range of core technical skills including model making, technical drawing, scene painting and costume construction
  • Masterclasses with visiting professionals from around the world
  • Advanced skills classes, conceptual projects and performance-based work allowing students to focus on particular areas of interest
  • Field trips, lectures and seminars covering important developments in the history of theatre, art, architecture, design and costume
  • Opportunities to gain significant practical experience within the college’s wide ranging performance and events programme, which includes drama, opera and musical theatre
  • Professional work placement opportunities with companies such as Royal Opera House, Wildworks, BBC (Doctor Who), and National Theatre Wales
  • Opportunities to work collaboratively on large-scale, site-specific puppet performances
  • Final-year exhibition in Cardiff and London for an invited audience of potential employers

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