Want to start your journey towards an exciting career in professional hair and make-up? Interested in using your skills for TV, theatre or photography? Our Hair and Media Make-up college course will get you working hands-on to give you an excellent foundation in these areas for further study and for future jobs in the media make-up industry.

Working in this field not only requires creative flair and technical ability, but you must also like working with people, have patience and value attention to detail. This make-up and hair course will guide you through practical training such as applying make-up, body art design, skin tanning and hair styling, as well as arming you with essential knowledge for effective client care and best health and safety practice.

By completing this course, you will set yourself on the way to a wide variety of careers in the industry. Demand is rapidly increasing for professionals who can provide creative hairdressing and make-up skills in a range of areas, from screen and stage productions to photographic work and face painting.

If you’ve ever dreamed of working in hair and make-up for film, TV and theatre, this is the course for you. Our Theatrical Media Make-up college course will teach you the specialist techniques you need to get started on your way to an exciting career in a range of creative and dynamic industries.

Our Level 3 media make-up course covers every aspect of advanced make-up techniques for stage and screen alongside other media purposes. Studying in our cutting-edge make-up studios at University College Birmingham, you will learn basic hairdressing, media make-up, wigs and postiche, as well as cosmetic camouflage and applying airbrush make-up.

Thanks to our excellent links with the industry, you will have the chance to gain real-life experience on work placements with theatre companies and a range of other practical opportunities. On completing the course, you will have a wealth of options for working within the industry or taking on further study towards your ideal career.

The Technical Theatre course will give you the opportunity to gain the qualifications, skills and experience to progress in the Performing Arts Industry or in any industry you wish to go on to study after the two years.

The Technical Theatre qualification offers a diverse range of subjects giving you an insight into the industry enabling you to develop analytical, creative production and technical skills. Some of the areas covered within the course include lighting, sound, costume, set construction and Stage Management.

This course provides a professional training in a theatre, with state-of-the-art facilities. The Miskin is run by experienced industry professionals.

All assignments are modelled on professional practice, learners will also have the opportunity to participate in work experience.

What qualification will I gain?
UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Performing & Production Arts (Technical Theatre)

This training programme is ideal for those who might like to take their first steps understanding how to run and support community groups and workshop leaders.

Our training includes sessions: Leading and Supporting Sessions, Safeguarding, Best Theatre Practices & Techniques and much more!

This training course is free. Travel expenses and paid placements are available.

BYO Hub is British Youth Opera's digital portal, which offers online learning, exclusive career events and easy applications to BYO's face-to-face programmes.

The next generation of singers, directors, designers, stage managers and music staff grew up online and so that's where we are too.

Spinning Wheel is a sensory movement and music project for adults with complex needs.

We use music and movement to create sessions that bring enjoyment, engagement and creativity and promote communication and partnership between participants and carers.

Spinning Wheel sessions are currently taking place online as 1:1 Zoom workshops. Our expert facilitators provide movement and music activities via Zoom, as well as training carers and family members in Spinning Wheel techniques to use at home.

The About Face Stagecraft day is ideal for people who want to widen their practical and technical theatre knowledge.

As well as improving your acting skills, you will have a chance to learn about script writing, make props, costumes and scenery.

We meet in Leominster every Friday from 9.30.a.m. - 3.30.p.m.

In this group you will learn all about acting and different styles of drama.

You will work with the other actors to devise original material by sharing ideas and participating in workshops to explore and improve your skills.

You can stay in this group or possibly move on to one of the other groups if this best suits your interests, ability and needs.

As well as learning about acting and drama, you will build your confidence and social, practical, work and life skills.

We meet on Thursdays in Leominster from 9.30.a.m. - 3.30.p.m.

This course is a nationally recognised qualification designed by the Production Services Association (PSA) and the Safety Pass Alliance (SPA) for people in events industries to demonstrate basic health and safety awareness. It is designed to help reduce risks in an event environment and ensure you can operate safely, no matter what your role. On successful completion of the course the passport is valid for five years.

This course is ideal for anyone working in the live events sector wanting to prove their competency in health and safety, and be recognised for doing so.

TOPICS COVERED:

- Organising for Safety
- The Workplace
- Tool, Plant & Machinery
- Health
- Procedures
- The Environment

Departure Lounge is a relaxed drama project focussed on playing and communicating.

Workshops use movement, storytelling and improvisation to build confidence and independence, as well as developing drama and performance skills.

Departure Lounge is an imaginative space where participants can explore and tell stories.