University of the Arts London (UAL), MA, Theatre Design

Content: what students can expect

• To research practitioners past and present and form a distinctive view of their position in the discipline
• Collaborate with other postgraduate student directors, choreographers or other theatre makers to practice and test their abilities to negotiate and communicate at an advanced level
• Maintain an online research folio to develop a professional ‘shop window’ for their ideas
• To interrogate contemporary scenography through the established modes of industrial practice in set and costume design, though students may also investigate various specialisms in their studies, such as lighting, projection or sound
• Work closely with a mentor who will challenge and advise students throughout the development of their final self-motivated Action Research Project
• Specialist tutorial and technical support from across Wimbledon’s renowned Theatre Programme, focusing on the production and research in both industrial and academic contexts
• Established contacts with complementary London-based Director and Choreographic MA courses support the delivery of collaborative study components
• Direct access to the Jocelyn Herbert Archive and engagement with the college’s theatre design-related special exhibitions and conferences
• Direct access to scenographic curatorial practice at a national and international level