BA Theatre Design at Wimbledon College of Arts focuses on set and costume design. The course also introduces you to other areas of design for performance such as video projection, lighting and sound design.

The BA Theatre Design course focuses primarily on set and costume design for live performance but also covers sound, lighting and video projection design. Students are encouraged to be proactive and to develop their own focus within these core design areas.

As well as having a range of practical skills, theatre designers must be good communicators and collaborators. They must be enterprising, curious and agile problem solvers.

The rich mix of practice and theory on the BA Theatre Design course ensures that experimentation and critical thinking are equally valued. Students are given the tools to enable them to make considered design decisions in relation to text, music and the core themes and concepts of live performance.

BA Production Arts for Screen at Wimbledon College of Arts offers a unique combination of design and digital production skills for film, television and other screen-based media.

You will learn how to use design and technology to shape innovative ideas that drive the visual identity of film, television, animation and computer games.

Explore all aspects of contemporary design practice for theatre and the live performance, including set and costume design; construction; digital technologies and design; lighting design and audio visual; site-specific design; puppetry; heritage installation; and design for community and education. The course is facilitated by the highly skilled team of staff and technicians who have years of professional and academic knowledge.

Key features:
You’ll have the opportunity to complete a work experience placement of up to a year in length. Dependent on the duration of your placement, you could gain an additional Diploma or Certificate in Professional Practice.
This course is a member of the Performance Design Education Collective (PDEC), and the Society of British Theatre Designers (SBTD). Through these, we are also a member of the International Organisation of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians (OISTAT).
Our facilities promote collaboration and innovation. You’ll be working alongside artists, designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, and filmmakers.
All first-year students within the Nottingham School of Art and Design will work together on a joint project.
Study in dedicated facilities, including a studio theatre, construction and paint workshops, and large teaching spaces.
Work on live projects with industry such as The Royal National Theatre, Birmingham Opera Company, The National Trust and Nottingham Playhouse.
Go on study visits for inspiration, research, and experience, including live performances, museums and heritage and educational organisations.
Enter competitions set by organisations such as The Royal National Theatre’s Connections festival, and the Linbury Prize.
During your time here, you will be given the opportunity to showcase your work to members of the creative industries.
Opportunity to apply for a European or international exchange to one of our partner institutions, such as Ryerson University in Canada.

If you have a passion for sound, and would like to learn how to design it so that it is seamlessly integrated into media, products or environments, then this degree will help you develop an in-depth understanding and the practical skills needed to design and evaluate effective sound for listeners.

This course will teach you the techniques to create new sounds that coexist with dialogue and music to support a wide variety of media and applications. The underlying principles of linear and interactive media are also addressed, as well as products and environments to maximise potential employment.

Throughout your studies you can specialise in your chosen discipline, and then work towards creating an appropriate portfolio, whilst gaining valuable contacts who could help you during your transition from study to a professional career.

A mix of assignments and projects will give you the chance to collaborate with students on Acting, Digital Media, Film, Games Development and Television degrees.

Studying Sound Design will allow you to collaborate with students on Acting, Digital Media, Film, Games, Journalism, Television, UX and Web degrees.

We also have an extensive range of online guest lectures from internationally recognised Sound Designers.

This course is in the School of Arts and Creative Industries

The course develops diverse skills in the world of make-up and hair to produce flexible creative make-up artists able to work in a variety of areas of the industry from special effects to fashion and from live events to film TV and stage productions.

This course prepares you for a career as a make-up artist in television film theatre prosthetics advertising and fashion with a special focus on creating convincing and realistic special effects. It gives you the techniques craft skills and specialist knowledge employers are looking for.

You learn to research and realise characters through hair and wig setting; postiche; costume; prop design; prosthetics; and designing effects make-up.

You benefit from working within our high-spec media facilities alongside student actors producers scriptwriters and presenters as well as collaborating with local theatres TV productions and performances at the University’s professional theatre

We want to develop your skills, knowledge and confidence for a sustained career as a performing arts designer.
The breadth of our curriculum enables you to become a creative, ambitious, multi-skilled designer. Through working on a variety of practical projects, you feel equally at home designing the set and costume for a theatre production, working on a site-specific performance event or creating the environment or lighting for a music gig or dance performance.

The course is highly practical emphasising realised performance work each year. Our designers collaborate with all performance disciplines and a range of external companies, so you gain a huge amount and variety of experience.