MA Theatre Design
Course Overview
One Year Full Time plus Flexible, Part
Time Module
Pathways within the Masters programme are:
• Scenography (Set & Costume
Design) • Set Design
• Costume
Design
• Costume Construction
•
Puppetry
• Lighting Design
• Sound Design
Whether you have studied an art and design subject at undergraduate
level or have a more practical background within the profession,
our MA Theatre Design programme will enable
you to develop your creative skills and industry awareness to an
advanced professional level.
Preparing for Work
The MA Theatre Design provides you with training in
specialist areas of set and costume design and realisation,
equipping you with the relevant knowledge and skills to maximise
your employment potential within the theatre, film, television and
related performance-design industries.
Our graduate employment rates are outstanding and our students
have a reputation for the high level of professionalism they are
able to demonstrate upon graduation. In recent years, RWCMD
students and graduates have also experienced great success in the
prestigious Linbury Prize for Theatre
Design. Very recent graduates are currently working as designers
with companies such as The Royal Ballet, Royal Northern Ballet, The
Royal Shakespeare Company, West Yorkshire Playhouse, No Fit State
Circus, Diversions Dance, and the BBC (Doctor Who, Torchwood). Our
costume and set realisation graduates are also working at the
highest level within the performance industries.
At the end of your course you will have the opportunity to
present your work to potential employers in exhibitions in Cardiff
and London.
Production Work
In the unique setting of an active music and drama college, you
will be able to contribute to our busy programme of public
performances including mainstream and alternative theatre, opera
and musical theatre. The College has one large scale flexible
theatre space, one studio theatre, and regularly stages productions
at external professional venues, providing valuable opportunities
for you to work in a variety of performance contexts. As a
department, we also mount a major site specific production each
summer involving puppetry in performance.
Professional Links
All College productions and projects are supervised by designers
and design practitioners from within the industry, and you will
also work alongside professional theatre directors, reflecting the
practices and conditions of the professional environment.