Theatre Design (Set and Costume)

COURSE OVERVIEW

The postgraduate two year set and costume design course covers the extensive process of design for performance. First year studio based design projects are aimed at developing specialist skills.

THE TRAINING INCLUDES:

• Script analysis and period research
• Director/designer collaboration
• Creative interpretation
• Visual languages available to design
• Venue architecture: facility and constraints
• 2-D and 3-D problem solving
• Figurative costume drawing
• Scale model making
• Technical and perspective drawing
• Life drawing
• Design presentations

First year students will also gain skills in technical theatre, stagecraft, construction, scenic art, prop making, wardrobe, fabric treatment, wigs, hair and make-up, lighting and health and safety.

Supplementary classes include:

• First Aid (students receive a First Aid Certificate)
• History of theatre
• Specialist career development

In the second year of training students design an opera or musical studio project, then embark on designing for RADA’s public productions. Roles include Design Assistant and Set and Costume Designer. At the end of the second year students take part in the Design and Costume graduate exhibition. This is a public display of projects and design work presented through sketchbooks, storyboarding, prop drawings, costume renderings, and final presentational models.

The course leads to the award of a postgraduate diploma in Theatre Design.

Prospectus

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