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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)

Shannon Martin
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)

Andrew McDonald
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)

Alena Tryapitsyna
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

Saatvika Kantamneni
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

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

Laurie Lumley
BA Video Design for Live Performance

Laurie Lumley
The facilities available to students to create are almost unimaginable

Carreen Walton
MA Collaborative Theatre Production and Design

Carreen Walton
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)

Sian Clare
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)

Liam Strong
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Technical Theatre programmes at Guildhall School

Programmes

The Production Arts Department at Guildhall has long been recognised as providing some of the most innovative vocational theatre and live event training anywhere in the world. 

BA (Hons) Production Arts programme

BA (Hons) Video Design for Live Performance

MA Collaborative Theatre Production & Design

 

State-of-the-art facilities

The School boasts technical and performance facilities which are among the best in the world. The teaching is practical and production-based; students work on public productions and live events with professional directors, designers and conductors, participating in the creation of acclaimed dramas, operas and large-scale open-air video events.

The School has five professional-standard performance venues with state of the art equipment. These allow our programmes to keep in line with current practice and new technology. Students use the School’s on-site theatres, rehearsal rooms, workshops and Costume Department to collaborate on major productions and a range of smaller projects and events.

Preparing you for industry

Our programmes have been designed to involve you completely in the complex art of theatre and live performance. They bring together writers, designers, actors, musicians, composers, choreographers and technicians to achieve fully professional production values.

Your training will provide you with a firm practical knowledge of theatre crafts and managerial skills and prepare you for professional life in the theatre and live performance industry.

Collaborative practice

In Production Arts, as in our other departments, we break down traditional boundaries and challenge convention, giving you the chance to work with students from other art forms.

If you join us as an undergraduate, you will work with students on the Acting and Music programmes during the first-year workshop project. And each year, our facilities are handed over to students for an entire day of informal showcases as part of the annual Guildhall Festival. On this day, students from all disciplines come together to display their creative talents.