Guildhall School of Music & Drama

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Production Arts Tour

Explore our theatre facilities with Guildhall students

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)

Core teaching staff

There are 21 teaching staff and a further 17 technicians in the Production Arts Department. All the teaching staff have had long and varied careers in professional theatre. The Department maintains constant industry contacts via incoming directors, designers and lighting designers, as well as freelance costume supervisors, scenic artists, prop makers, production managers and lighting programmers. It also has strong links with professional colleagues and ex-students working with all major UK theatre and opera companies, productions and suppliers.

Designers and lighting designers who have worked at the School include: Peter Mumford, Dick Bird, Susannah Henry, Mark Jonathan, Libby Watson, William Dudley, Yannis Thavoris, Francis Bradshaw, Takis, Jamie Vartan, Dora Schweitzer, Johanna Town, Hugh Vanstone, Chris Davey and Gareth Owen. See a full list of core and recent visiting staff.