Training Opportunity

BA Top-Up Stage Management

The BA (Hons) Top-Up is open to Mountview students currently studying on the FdA course, as well as non-Mountview graduates with relevant qualifications and experience from another technical training provider.

Mountview also offers a two-year Foundation degree (FdA) which provides fast-track training,

Mountview produces over 25 in-house productions each year in our state-of-the-art theatres, giving Stage Management students a vast array of learning experiences.

Students take on practical show roles in Mountview’s in-house productions, with responsibilities including:

  • Prompt books and show calling
  • Creative research including period-specific work
  • Working with theatrical effects
  • Co-ordination and project management
  • Cueing to music
  • Prop making and sourcing
  • Stage managing musicals, classics and new writing

Stage managers are the glue that holds a production together. Their many responsibilities include running communication across all creative and technical departments, acting as a right hand to the director, overseeing sets, props, lights, and sound, and calling all technical cues during performances.

Mountview is internationally recognised for the quality of its Musical Theatre training and produces at least 8 large-scale musicals in-house every year, providing Stage Management students with extensive experience of the musical format.

COURSE CONTENT AND DELIVERY

The BA (Hons) Top-Up course is designed for students who have completed a foundation degree or equivalent in a technical production discipline. With at least 30 contact hours per week over 36 weeks, the course offers intensive, hands-on training in a professional environment.

From the start, students will take on senior technical roles in Mountview’s public productions, working closely with professional directors, choreographers, designers and technicians. Students will gain experience in senior Stage Management roles, while continuing to develop a broad range of technical skills. All learning is rooted in practical experience, with a strong emphasis on collaboration and adaptability.

Alongside production work, students complete an extended research project in their chosen area of interest, submitted at the end of the course.

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