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Working with professionals at Guildhall provides you with well-respected industry contacts – I’ve been a Costume Daily on Downton Abbey

Shannon Martin
BA Technical Theatre Arts (Stage & Costume Management pathway)

Guildhall has provided so many opportunities that I didn't expect when I applied. The mentor programme has also been hugely valuable to me.

Andrew McDonald
BA Technical Theatre Arts (Theatre Technology)

I chose to come to Guildhall because I wanted to become a set designer. Guildhall helped me understand who I want to be and how to get there.

Alena Tryapitsyna
BA Technical Theatre Arts (Design Realisation)

The School is the right mix of everything – supportive staff, positive work environment, world-class facilities and bespoke opportunities.

Saatvika Kantamneni
MA Collaborative Theatre Production and Design

We run like a company with each student taking on a professional role. I feel this really prepares us for the outside world

Laurie Lumley
BA Video Design for Live Performance

The projects we work on are real - we are in effect constantly getting work experience

Laurie Lumley
BA Video Design for Live Performance

The facilities available to students to create are almost unimaginable

Carreen Walton
MA Collaborative Theatre Production and Design

It's the scale of productions that really makes Guildhall stand out. It gets to the point where you think, wow, this is massive. In other places, you just wouldn't have that opportunity to learn on the job.

Sian Clare
BA Technical Theatre Arts (Costume)

I had the opportunity to work with the BA Video Design for Live Performance course on an installation project in the chambers below Tower Bridge. It was a completely unique experience.

Liam Strong
BA Technical Theatre Arts (Theatre Technology)

Production Arts Open Days

If you are interested in applying to study Production Arts courses at the Guildhall School we would encourage you to attend an Open Day to find out more about BA Production Arts and BA Video for Live Performance - and the exciting opportunities available at the School.

Virtual Open Day, Thursday 25 June 2020

Join our Production Arts Virtual Open Day on Thursday 25 June for an exclusive programme of talks, demonstrations and Q&A sessions with current students and our teaching staff. We'll also have a representative from our Student Affairs team who can answer your questions on accommodation, fees and funding and life at Guildhall.

You can join us for our 2pm, or 5.30pm sessions – whichever best suits your schedule.

Registration for this event has now closed. If you would still like to join at either 2pm, or 5.30pm on Thursday 25 June, please email pa_applications@gsmd.ac.uk.

What does the virtual event involve?

We’ll start with an introduction to our Production Arts Department and presentations covering the following degree programmes:

BA Production Arts (Costume)

BA Production Arts (Design Realisation) (scenic art, scenic construction and prop-making)

BA Production Arts (Stage Management)

BA Production Arts (Theatre Technology) (sound, lighting, stage technology)

BA Video Design for Live Production

If you’d like to ask about the structure of the programmes, career prospects or opportunities to work on professional projects, there will be plenty of time after presentations to chat to current students, and teaching staff in our breakout rooms. Our Student Affairs, Registry and Widening Participation staff teams can also help with any queries about scholarships, fees, our hall of residence, Sundial Court, life as an international student, and what it’s like to study in the heart of London. The event will end with a demonstration of our fully automated flying system in our proscenium arch theatre, Milton Court.

MA Collaborative Theatre Production & Design

If you have any questions about the programme please email us at pa_applications@gsmd.ac.uk.

In the meantime...

Feel free to have a look around our production Arts webpages, and check our Instagram accounts for Costume, Design Realisation Stage Management and Theatre Technology and BA Video Design for Live Performance and our blogs on Design Realisation and Stage Management to see what it's like behind the scenes on Production Arts programmes at Guildhall.

Have a look at production photos of recent performances.