The Course
Performance and entertainment technology is playing an increasingly central role in the live arts, from traditional theatre to live music festivals, corporate events and cruise ships.
You need to be multi-skilled in this increasingly competitive field, so this programme builds from a broad base of practical theatre knowledge to introduce you to wider areas of arts, media and event production, where skills can be transferred to great effect..
Average places available: Up to 28 each year
Career prospects
Typical destinations for our graduates are working in theatre production, lighting and management, touring lighting design for music, musical theatre sound, opera stage management and production management for events.
Individual graduates are working in stadium stage automation, CAD for architecture and events, aerial rigging for Cirque du Soleil, technical management for cruise ships and multi-purpose venues, broadcast camera, radio production, lighting at the National Theatre and stage management at the RSC.
The Graduates
Theatre and Performance Design and Technology graduates are forging their careers across the industry in such roles as Stage and Costume Designer at the Q-Theatre in Finland, Chief Technician at the Everyman and Playhouse in Liverpool, Inhouse Lighting Designer for the National Theatre of Cyprus, Prop Maker for the world’s largest producer of pantomime, Chief LX and Lighting Designer at the National Touring Theatre in Norway.
Many Theatre and Performance Technology graduates go on to work in live sound or lighting on either stage shows or for music gigs, ranging from work with Bat for Lashes to Girls Aloud. Others work in broadcast sound for media companies such as the BBC and Sky News. Some go on to stage large-scale corporate events for blue chip clients, or have taken several tours with cruise ships and holiday companies as live technicians.