Course General Description

This hands-on course covers the range of roles and skills required to facilitate contemporary theatre design for performance and events in a range of environments. As the course progresses you can specialise in the area that interests you most, such as set design, costume design and construction, digital theatre design or prop design and creation. You will work with lecturers and professional designers to understand the history of design and costume and appreciate cutting edge contemporary work in performance. You will support and facilitate performances in PFA, Drama and Performance Practice, Dance and events working in a range of theatres and site-specific venues. You will achieve real-world experience by working with theatre professionals providing work-based learning opportunities. Field trips to Edinburgh and New York give you opportunities to see productions and meet professional practitioners.

School General Description

The University of Gloucestershire is a public university based in Gloucestershire, England. It is located over three campuses, two in Cheltenham and one in Gloucester, namely Francis Close Hall, The Park, Oxstalls and The Centre for Art and Photography being near to Francis Close Hall. The university provides almost 100 undergraduate courses and around 57 taught post-graduate courses within eight schools. Every year our students complete over 4,000 placements and internships in the UK and abroad. From London Fashion Week and the BBC, to beachfront hotels in South Carolina or fast paced A&E departments – our students push themselves to graduate a step ahead. If you accept us as your first choice and apply for accommodation​, we will guarantee you a place in university or partner-managed accommodation. We have a Helpzone on every campus, which is open for all students with any issue or query. From choosing where to live, accessing dyslexia support, scholarships and funding, or health and wellbeing support – no question is left unanswered. We have over 80 different sports clubs and societies and the best freshers' fayre in the country (BAM Freshers' Fayre Survey 2018).