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PROSPECTUS 2019/20 MOUNTVIEW DRAMATIC TRAINING PROSPECTUS 2019/20
DRAMATIC TRAINING
WELCOME
As President of Mountview it gives me real pleasure to
introduce you to this fine drama school which enjoys a
worldwide reputation for excellence.
This is the first step on your stimulating journey to
entering a complex and exciting industry. Of course
there is no easy route to success and there can be no
guarantees, but professional training will prepare you
for the start of what I hope will be a long, fulfilling and
fruitful career.
If you come to Mountview you will attend a world-class
drama school where the staff is dedicated to helping
you get the very best out of your training no matter
your background. This prospectus beautifully details the
courses available to you whether you want to train for
performance or the production arts.
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
120 Peckham Hill Street, London SE15 5JT With very best wishes,
020 8881 2201 · admissions@mountview.org.uk · mountview.org.uk
DAME JUDI DENCH CH, DBE
President
CONTENTS
Mountview is amazing. To succeed in this industry you need talent,
dedication and a broad range of skills. You 7 DRAMATIC TRAINING 65 SCENIC ART AND PROP MAKING
FdA
We think it’s one of the best places you could need to learn to be adaptable and prepared
BA (Hons) Top-up
possibly train if you want to work in theatre –
whether it’s on stage or backstage.
for anything.
21 ACTING
Foundation (Part-time)
A diverse and detailed training is vital and at Foundation (Full-time) 69 THEATRE PRODUCTION ARTS –
Mountview’s staff is a group of passionate Mountview you will benefit from experienced BA (Hons) / Trinity Diploma LIGHTING
specialists with years of professional and inspiring teachers as well as from regular MA FdA
experience who are committed to making sure visits by working professionals. BA (Hons)
each student has the best possible practical Mountview Diploma
training for their future career. We work in Everything required is here to help you 33 ACTOR MUSICIAN
BA (Hons) / Trinity Diploma
what is perhaps the most competitive of all prepare for what I think is the best career in
occupations and are dedicated to ensuring the world. 73 THEATRE PRODUCTION ARTS –
SOUND
students leave Mountview 'industry-ready’ as
creative, independent, dynamic artists. VIKKI HEYWOOD CBE 39 MUSICAL THEATRE
Foundation (Part-time) FdA
Chairman Foundation (Full-time) BA (Hons)
We are a community of practitioners BA (Hons) / Trinity Diploma Mountview Diploma
who value inclusive hard work, a familial MA
atmosphere, mutual respect and artistic
excellence.
The University of East Anglia is proud to
77 THEATRE PRODUCTION ARTS –
validate Mountview’s undergraduate and
51 CREATIVE PRODUCING STAGE MANAGEMENT
postgraduate degrees. FdA
We are incredibly pleased to introduce MA
BA (Hons)
Mountview's new home in Peckham. Mountview’s vocational training is a perfect Mountview Diploma
Completed in 2018, the stunning building
offers the best possible facilities and
complement to UEA’s global reputation for 53 MUSICAL DIRECTION
PG Diploma
study in the creative arts. We place a strong
location. The building includes 21 acting,
dance and rehearsal studios, two theatres,
emphasis on the importance of the student MA 83 HOW TO APPLY
Admissions & Applications
experience, and the significant contact
two TV studios, a radio studio, production Auditions & Interviews
workshops, specialist teaching rooms, music
through teaching time and personal support
that all students receive at Mountview is very 55 SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
MA
Fees & Funding
practice rooms and social spaces. There is much in harmony with this ethos. Accommodation
also a commercial rehearsal space in use by
professional companies. Mountview is also PROFESSOR DAVID RICHARDSON 59 THEATRE FOR COMMUNITY AND
88 ABOUT MOUNTVIEW
right at the heart of one of the most vibrant, Vice-Chancellor, University of East Anglia EDUCATION Alumni
diverse and creative communities in London: MA Staff & Trustees
Peckham, south London.
Artistic Associates & Guest Artists
STEPHEN JAMESON SARAH PREECE 61 THEATRE DIRECTING
MA
Made at Mountview
Principal & Artistic Director Executive Director
MOUNTVIEW IS ONE OF THE UK’S FOREMOST DRAMA SCHOOLS AND IS RECOGNISED AS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN THE WORLD TO TRAIN IN MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMING ON THE WORLD’S STAGE We provide the highest quality training for actors, directors, producers and theatre production artists and have a strong commitment to the specialised requirements of TV, film and radio. We offer intensive, practical training with all full-time students receiving over 30 hours of contact teaching each week, 36 weeks per year in our studios and theatres. You will be taught in small groups and also receive regular one-to-one sessions with personal tutors and specialist practitioners.
GETTING RESULTS
The hands-on, intensive coaching you'll receive at Mountview nurtures thought, energy
and commitment. It provides the tools needed to succeed in a competitive industry.
The results speak for themselves: 95% of students work professionally within one year
of graduation.
As well as being taught by our experienced, full-time staff you will also work with current
theatre practitioners: directors, designers, choreographers, musical directors, producers,
actors, stage and production managers. This provides fantastic professional contacts on
completion of the course.
TRAINING: 36 WEEKS PER YEAR
30+ HOURS PER WEEK
EMPLOYMENT: 95% OF STUDENTS WORKING WITHIN ONE YEAR
STANDARDS: OFSTED RATING: OUTSTANDING
94% OVERALL SATISFACTION IN NATIONAL
STUDENT SURVEY 2018
mountview.org.uk 10
OPEN
TO ALL
We encourage applications from everyone.
Along with our partners The Diversity School Initiative, we are striving to ensure that
there are no barriers to entering drama school.
We hold auditions across the UK and internationally and our nationwide scouting
partners identify talented people from low-income or marginalised backgrounds and
offer them free auditions. Our admissions department will work with you to access
available grants and financial assistance, and talk you through the support in place for
accessing and feeling safe in our building.
Our day-long auditions include workshop classes and meet-and-greet sessions with
current students to ensure that you can get a feel for life and training at Mountview and
so we can see you at your relaxed best. Find out more on p83.
11 mountview.org.uk
LOOKING AFTER YOU Your welfare and happiness are of prime importance and great emphasis is placed on pastoral care. Each week there are timetabled wellbeing classes placing mental and physical health at the heart of your training. You will be assigned a personal tutor who can advise you throughout your course and first years are teamed up with a second year “buddy” to provide support through your first terms with us. Our dedicated Student Welfare Manager works alongside the personal tutors and provides support and guidance to students with disabilities, mental health difficulties and specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia and dyspraxia. Mountview provides access to free counselling as well as induction sessions on stress management and nutrition. If you are eligible for funding through the Disabled Students Allowance you will be guided through the application process and we'll make reasonable adjustments if you have learning support needs. With only just over 400 students (including Foundation, Undergraduate and Postgraduate students) Mountview is a supportive and nurturing environment.
MASTERCLASSES AND MORE Students often receive tickets to West End shows and benefit from masterclasses and Q&A events from leading actors and theatre creatives. Graham Norton, Sir Michael Boyd, Rosalie Craig, Mike Leigh, Topher Campbell and Dame Judi Dench have all given recent masterclasses. Mountview students have recently performed at the BBC Proms with the John Wilson Orchestra, on Michael Ball and Alfie Boe TV Special, The Elaine Paige Show on Sky Arts, at Almeida Theatre gala performances, at the Sam Wanamaker Festival, Magic at the Musicals at the Royal Albert Hall and have toured to the World Shakespeare Festival in Germany. London is the best possible city for training actors and technical theatre artists and the world outside the rehearsal room undoubtedly plays as important a part in shaping students as the work within. During the course you'll work in our theatres as well as a range of professional venues across the city.
MOUNTVIEW IN PECKHAM
The building is being designed by Carl Turner Architects with theatre consultants Charcoal Blue.
Facilities include:
• 200-seat Mountview Theatre • Production workshops
• 80-seat Backstage Theatre • Student common room and communal
In September 2018 we opened our doors to our brand new home in the heart of Peckham in south • 21 rehearsal, acting and dance studios social areas
London. • Two TV studios and a radio suite • Wellbeing suite
• 12 singing and music practice rooms • Cafés and bars
Just 12 minutes from London Bridge and 15 from Victoria Station, Peckham is London’s new creative • Specialist library and learning resource
heart. Our neighbours include Camberwell College of Arts, Bold Tendencies, South London Gallery centre
and the Bussey Building as well as Shakespeare's Globe, the Bridge Theatre, Siobhan Davies Dance
Company and the Old and Young Vics.
In 2015 Vogue described Peckham as 'London’s cultural epicentre' and Time Out listed Peckham in its I love Peckham for its creativity and its diversity…
Top 10 Places To Be 2017. I can’t think of a better place for a theatre school.
You'll be surrounded by a wealth of owner-run bars, restaurants and coffee shops. Like Mountview, OLIVIA COLMAN
Peckham is fiercely independent and proud of taking its own path. Campaign Ambassador
Our building is edged on one side by Surrey Canal Walk, a greenway leading to the 140-acre Burgess
Park. Opposite us are the Stirling Prize-winning library and Peckham Pulse with its swimming pool and
gym. Entertainment, exercise, education and relaxation are at your fingertips. Mountview would like to thank all those who have supported our new home and move to Peckham.Mountview not only gave me
ACTING
invaluable lessons to improve
my craft, they also helped
prepare me for life. The
support of the staff moulded
me from a boy into a man.
FOUNDATION IN ACTING ASAN N’JIE
Mountview Alumnus (Ready Player
One, Mount Pleasant)
ONE YEAR PART-TIME
THIS PART-TIME EVENING FOUNDATION COURSE
DELIVERS THE CORE ELEMENTS OF SKILLS
TRAINING WHILE DEVELOPING CREATIVITY AND
ARTISTIC IDENTITY
Not everyone is in a position to commit to full-time training. With classes
taking place three evenings a week this course enables students to study
alongside their work. This structure, combined with competitive course fees,
makes it one of the most accessible Foundation courses in the UK.
You will receive nine hours of contact teaching each week over two terms. The
course is taught from September to April over three evenings each week.
Skills classes focus on the core discipline areas of acting, voice and movement
and the course is a balance of 45% skills training, 30% audition preparation and
25% performance-based work.
While the course is part-time in its delivery its content, intensity and the
demands on the student mirror its full-time counterpart. Students develop
technique and repertoire for future drama school auditions.
Skills-based classes and performance work throughout the training will include: HOW TO APPLY
Entry is based on performance at audition
TERM 1 TERM 2 and previous academic qualifications are
Skills not essential.
Acting Improvisation
Actor & text Classical monologues Application and audition information p83.
Improvisation Contemporary monologues
Voice
Movement
Audition preparation
Performance Project Work
VALIDATED BY MOUNTVIEW
Final show
2019/20 TERM DATES 2019/20 FEES OTHER COSTS
30 weeks' training over two terms UK/EU Students: £2,680 Include black active wear for
September – December This is a non-accredited course which does not workshops and dance shoes –
January – April attract government funding. All students offered allow around £180.
places on the foundation course are required to
fund both the annual fee and all living costs.
21 mountview.org.uk mountview.org.uk 22ACTING
FOUNDATION IN ACTING FOR STAGE AND
SCREEN PERFORMANCE
ONE YEAR FULL-TIME
MOUNTVIEW’S FULL-TIME FOUNDATION-LEVEL
TRAINING FOCUSES ON THREE KEY AREAS OF
ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT: CREATIVITY, TECHNIQUE
AND READINESS
It is the equal focus on these three pillars that allows you to find and develop your
own artistic identity and process.
Our Foundation in Acting is led by the same full-time training team as our BA (Hons)
course and is designed to prepare students to become self-led creative artists as
well as to develop the skills needed to embark on further vocational acting training.
Students receive 30 to 35 hours of contact teaching each week over two 15-week
terms. The training includes a focused audition preparation module allowing
students to develop technique and repertoire for future drama school auditions.
Mountview’s Foundation in Acting delivers One of the most beloved of
The course is made up of 55% skills training, including TV, film and radio, and 45% a balance of preparing for future drama our national drama schools,
project and performance-based work. school auditions and preparing for a
life-long career. It is not just about how
Mountview's commitment to
COURSE MODULES AND COMPONENTS to deliver a two-minute monologue – it diversity has made it vital to the
is about unlocking creative impulse and future not just of British theatre,
TERM 1 TERM 2 developing performance technique. but film and TV industries.
Skills
Acting Acting STEPHEN DALDRY CBE
HOW TO APPLY
TV, film and radio TV, film and radio Director
Improvisation Improvisation Entry is based on performance at audition (The Crown, The Inheritance)
Actor & text Actor & text and previous academic qualifications are
Voice Voice not essential.
Movement Movement
Singing Singing Application and audition information p83.
Dance Dance
Verbatim theatre
Classical & contemporary monologues VALIDATED BY MOUNTVIEW
Performance Project Work
TERM DATES 2019/20 FEES OTHER COSTS
Truth & connection Research & development 30 weeks' training over two terms UK/EU Students: £8,160 Include black active wear for
Physical expression Audition preparation September – December This is a non-accredited course which does not workshops and dance shoes –
Verbal/vocalisation Final show January – April attract government funding. All students offered allow around £180.
Shakespeare places on the foundation course are required to
Audition preparation fund both the annual fee and all living costs.
23 mountview.org.uk mountview.org.uk 24This is a fantastic school. They gave
me a place when all the others
ACTING
rejected me and changed my life.
EDDIE MARSAN
Mountview Alumnus
(Ray Donovan, Happy-Go-Lucky)
BA (HONS) IN PERFORMANCE - ACTING
TRINITY DIPLOMA IN PROFESSIONAL
ACTING
THREE YEARS FULL-TIME
MOUNTVIEW'S VOCATIONAL ACTOR TRAINING
WILL THOROUGHLY PREPARE YOU FOR A
CAREER IN THEATRE, TV, FILM AND RADIO
The course develops technical skills In your second year you also work
through workshops and performances. closely with Mountview’s Industry Liaison
Classes are designed to inspire Manager to understand and prepare for
imaginative engagement and develop life as a working actor.
practical experience. They are places
where you can take risks, expand your The focus of the third year is film and
range and develop your strengths. public performance. You'll work with
professional directors to present a range
There are only 34 places available each of productions in Mountview's theatres
year. Taught in two groups, you'll receive and a West End showcase as well as
36 hours of contact teaching time each creating a voice and film showreel.
week. Audiences include agents, casting
directors and other industry figures as
Study takes place over three 12-week well as the general public. If you have a
terms per year. USA work visa you also have the option
of a New York showcase (flights and
The first half of each term is devoted to accommodation costs apply).
skills classes whilst in the second half you
work on a range of performance projects
encompassing British, American and world
writers.
25 mountview.org.ukCOURSE MODULES AND COMPONENTS
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3
Skills
Acting Acting Audition technique
Acting for camera Acting for camera Reflection on acting practice
Improvisation Singing & musical theatre
Actor & text Actor & text
Voice Voice
Speech Sight reading
Singing Movement & dance
Movement & dance Singing & music
Sight reading Radio
Verse Stage combat
Alexander Technique Career development
Research Reflection on acting practice
Reflection on acting practice
Performance
Realism project Shakespeare Three public productions
Ensemble project Comedy of Manners Industry showcase
Contemporary play 20th Century Realism TV showreel
American Recorded voicereel
Verbatim theatre
All modules are compulsory. This is a HOW TO APPLY
practical, vocational course which is
assessed both continuously and through Entry is based on performance at audition.
specific assignments. You are required to Previous formal academic qualifications
write a reflection on acting practice during are not essential.
each year of the course which supports
Application and audition information p83.
your ability to interrogate and reflect upon
your learning. There are also supporting
Students who receive a Dance and Drama
classes that are unassessed elements
Award (DaDA) will work towards the Trinity
of the training including: Alexander
College London Diploma in Professional
Technique, audition technique and the
Acting in addition to completing the BA
third year professional showcase.
(Hons) in Performance. An additional
registration fee for the BA will apply.
You have the opportunity to undertake the
Diploma in Professional Acting (validated
by Trinity College London) whilst following
the degree training. From the first audition, I knew that
Mountview was the school for me.
If you secure professional work in your
It has been the most incredible three
final year you may, subject to approval,
be assessed on this in place of one of years. I've met friends that I will hold
the public productions and still receive a dear for the rest of my life.
Degree/Trinity Diploma. ARIAN NIK
Mountview Alumnus
(Artemis Fowl, The Village)
2019/20 TERM DATES 2019/20 FEES OTHER COSTS
Autumn: September – December UK/EU Students: £13,160 Include black active wear for workshops and
Spring: January – April International Students: £17,165 dance shoes – allow around £180. In year 3
Summer: May – July Fees are subject to annual review and there will be additional costs for headshots
BA VALIDATED BY UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA may increase in years 2 and 3 in line with
and Spotlight membership – allow £350.
inflation. One term’s notice will be given
DIPLOMA VALIDATED BY TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON of any increases.
27 mountview.org.uk mountview.org.uk 28ACTING
MA IN PERFORMANCE - ACTING Training at Mountview was
both the most challenging
ONE YEAR FULL-TIME and rewarding experience
I've had. The support and
guidance I received whilst
Mountview’s MA in Performance – Acting is designed to give students with a previous facing fears and insecurities
degree or relevant practical experience the skills and contacts to succeed as an actor.
that performing naturally
brings was fantastic.
THE COURSE DEVELOPS CREATIVE AND PRACTICAL VARUN SHARMA
SKILLS OVER AN INTENSIVE THREE-TERM Mountview Alumnus
PROGRAMME OF TRAINING AND STUDY
There are only 32 places available each In the final term, you'll present a fully-
year. With over 36 hours of contact staged public production and professional
teaching time each week and taking place showcase attended by agents, casting
with a maximum of 16 students per class directors and other prominent industry
this postgraduate acting course delivers professionals. If you have a USA work
focused, hands-on training. visa you will also have the option of
a New York showcase (flights and
Over the first two terms you will take accommodation costs apply).
skills classes. These are complemented Assessment is based on work throughout
by performance projects including In your third term you'll also work the course. If you wish to complete the MA
contemporary writing, Shakespeare, closely with Mountview’s Industry Liaison you will attend a series of seminars and
European and American drama and Manager to understand and prepare for prepare a creative project. The MA is not
original devised work. life as a working actor. compulsory and if you don't take it you'll
be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma.
TERM 1 TERM 2 TERM 3 HOW TO APPLY
Skills Entry is based on performance at audition.
Acting Classical scene work Audition technique If you don't hold an undergraduate degree
Acting for camera Acting for camera Career development you will need to undertake an access
Improvisation Recorded voice assignment to establish suitability for
Voice Voice
undertaking the MA.
Movement & dance Movement & dance
Singing Singing
Application and audition information p83.
Performance
Open space Shakespeare Showcase
Contemporary play 1 Contemporary play 2 Public production VALIDATED BY UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
Television & film
MA Creative Project 2019/20 TERM DATES 2019/20 FEES OTHER COSTS
Autumn: September – December UK/EU Students: £16,660 Include black active wear for workshops and
Lectures Lectures Creative project Spring: January – April International Students: £18,720 dance shoes – allow around £180. Headshots
Seminars Seminars Presentation & written Summer: May – July
Tutorials Tutorials submission and Spotlight membership – allow £350.
29 mountview.org.uk mountview.org.uk 30ACTOR MUSICIAN
BA (HONS) IN PERFORMANCE - ACTOR
MUSICIAN
TRINITY DIPLOMA IN PROFESSIONAL ACTING
THREE YEARS FULL-TIME
THERE IS AN EVER-INCREASING DEMAND FOR
PERFORMERS WHO COMBINE FIRST-RATE ACTING
ABILITY WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF MUSICIANSHIP
Mountview’s Actor Musician course Study takes place over three 12-week
develops these dual skills to the highest terms a year.
level, creating graduates who combine
skills in acting and music in their The first half of each term is devoted to
professional lives. skills classes whilst in the second half of
each term you will work on performance
Whilst a high level of prior musical projects which are presented in-house to
experience is a pre-requisite, it is not fellow students and staff.
necessary to have achieved formal music
qualifications. In the second year you'll also work
closely with Mountview’s Industry Liaison
There is a maximum of 16 places each Manager to understand and prepare for
year. Teaching mirrors Mountview’s life as a working actor.
actor training but with specialised music
elements and you'll receive 36 hours of The focus of the third year is public
contact teaching time each week performance and you'll work with
including one-to-one singing and professional directors to present a range
instrumental lessons. of productions and a West End showcase
and create a voice and film showreel.
The course develops technical skills Audiences include agents, casting
through workshops and performance directors and other industry figures as well
opportunities. During the course you'll as the general public. If you have a USA
engage in a range of actor musician work visa you will also have the option
projects, working on Shakespeare, of a New York showcase (flights and
contemporary plays, world theatre and accommodation costs apply).
musicals as well as devising original work.
33 mountview.org.ukCOURSE MODULES AND COMPONENTS
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3
Skills Mountview has taught me to be brave,
Acting Acting Audition technique to trust in the beauty of imagination and
Improvisation Acting for camera Reflection on acting practice play, to feel safe in knowing there are no
Actor & text Actor & text
wrong choices, just choices.
Voice Voice
Speech Sight reading TAYLA BUCK
Singing Movement & dance
Mountview Alumna
Solo & ensemble music Singing
Musicality Solo & ensemble music
Music theory & repertoire Music theory & repertoire
Movement & dance Stage combat
Alexander Technique Career development
Research Reflection on acting practice
Reflection on acting practice
Performance
Realism project Classic book musical Three public productions
Ensemble project Modern play Showcase
Music & text project Shakespeare TV showreel
Modern book musical Recorded voicereel
Devised dance
All modules are compulsory. This is a their instrumental tutors. (Additional fees
practical, vocational course which is apply.)
assessed both continuously and through
specific assignments. You are required to HOW TO APPLY
write a reflection on acting practice during
each year of the course which supports Entry is based on performance at audition.
your ability to interrogate and reflect upon Previous formal academic qualifications
your learning. There are also supporting are not essential.
classes that are unassessed elements
Application and audition information p83.
of the training including: Alexander
Technique, musicality,
Students who receive a Dance and Drama
audition technique and the third year
Award (DaDA) will work towards the Trinity
professional showcase.
College London Diploma in Professional
Acting in addition to completing the BA
You have the opportunity to undertake the
(Hons) in Performance. An additional
Diploma in Professional Acting (validated
registration fee for the BA will apply.
by Trinity College London) whilst following
the degree training.
If you secure professional work in the
final year you may, subject to approval,
be assessed on this in place of one of
the public productions and still receive a
Degree/Trinity Diploma.
Students who are advanced instrumental
players have the opportunity to sit
ABRSM or Trinity Grade 8 and Diploma
through independent arrangement with 2019/20 TERM DATES 2019/20 FEES OTHER COSTS
Autumn: September – December UK/EU Students: £13,160 Include black active wear for workshops and
Spring: January – April International Students: £17,165 dance shoes – allow around £180. In year 3
Summer: May – July Fees are subject to annual review and there will be additional costs for headshots
BA VALIDATED BY UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA may increase in years 2 and 3 in line
with inflation. One term’s notice will
and Spotlight membership – allow £350.
DIPLOMA VALIDATED BY TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON be given of any increases.
35 mountview.org.uk mountview.org.uk 36MUSICAL THEATRE
FOUNDATION IN MUSICAL THEATRE
ONE YEAR PART-TIME
MOUNTVIEW’S PART TIME FOUNDATION
IN MUSICAL THEATRE COVERS THE CORE
ELEMENTS OF TRIPLE THREAT TRAINING:
ACTING, SINGING AND DANCE
With classes taking place three evenings per week students are able to work
alongside their studies to support themselves financially. This ability to work
combined with competitive course fees makes this one of the most accessible
Musical Theatre Foundation courses in the UK.
The course promises a rigorous introduction to the performance skills required
in the musical theatre discipline. The training is equally focussed on acting,
singing and dance with a balance of 40% skills, 35% audition preparation and
25% performance-based work.
The course at Mountview has
Demands on the students are high and the course will develop core technique been fantastic preparation for
and creativity and prepare students for further training and auditions. working in the industry.
The training includes a focused audition preparation module allowing students SIMBI AKANDE
to develop technique and repertoire for future drama school auditions. HOW TO APPLY Mountview Alumna
(Fiddler on the Roof, Company)
The course is taught from September to April, with 9 hours each week over Entry is based on performance at audition
three evenings. and previous academic qualifications are
not essential.
COURSE MODULES AND COMPONENTS
Application and audition information p83.
TERM 1 TERM 2
Skills
Acting: actor & text, improvisation Classical monologues
Singing: ensemble, musicality Contemporary monologues VALIDATED BY MOUNTVIEW
Dance: Ballet/Jazz Acting through song TERM DATES 2019/20 FEES OTHER COSTS
Dance routine 30 weeks' training over two terms UK/EU Students: £3,060 Include black active wear for
Performance Project Work September – December This is a non-accredited course which does not workshops, dance shoes and
January – April attract government funding. All students offered dancewear – allow around £250.
Final show
places on the foundation course are required to
fund both the annual fee and all living costs.
39 mountview.org.uk mountview.org.uk 40MUSICAL THEATRE
FOUNDATION IN MUSICAL THEATRE
ONE YEAR FULL-TIME
MOUNTVIEW’S FOUNDATION FINELY BALANCES
CORE TECHNIQUE TRAINING ACROSS ACTING,
SINGING AND DANCE WHILE DEVELOPING
CREATIVITY AND ARTISTIC IDENTITY
Led by the same full-time training team as our BA (Hons) course, the full-time
Foundation in Musical Theatre is focused equally on the triple threat disciplines of
acting, singing and dance.
The course is all about helping you find your own creative voice and developing
the technique needed to progress onto further vocational training.
There are 32 places available each year. You will receive 30 to 36 hours of contact
teaching each week over two 15-week terms. This course delivers a balance of The Foundation in Musical Theatre was one of the
preparing for future drama school best years of my life – full of fantastic opportunities
The training includes a focused audition preparation module allowing students to auditions and preparing for a life-long
develop technique and repertoire for future drama school auditions. career. It is not just about a single
and the chance to experiment and prepare for the
discipline, it is laying the rigorous challenges ahead. My mind was constantly blown
The course is made up of 60% skills training and 40% project-based work. foundations of the triple-threat performer. away by information and discoveries!
COURSE MODULES AND COMPONENTS HEATHER PORTE
HOW TO APPLY Former Foundation in Musical Theatre student, currently
TERM 1 TERM 2 completing BA (Hons) in Performance (Musical Theatre)
Entry is based on performance at audition
Skills
and previous academic qualifications are
Acting Acting not essential.
Actor & text Improvisation
Creative practice Classical monologue Application and audition information p83.
Dance: jazz & ballet Dance: jazz & ballet
Singing: ensemble, repertoire, technique Singing: ensemble, acting through song,
& musicality technique
Individual singing lessons Individual singing lessons
Voice Voice VALIDATED BY MOUNTVIEW
Movement Movement
TERM DATES 2019/20 FEES OTHER COSTS
Performance Project Work 30 weeks' training over two terms UK/EU Students: £10,150 Include black active
Truth & connection Audition preparation September – December The Leverhulme Trust Scholarship funds one full-time wear for workshops,
Classic book musical Research & development January – April Musical Theatre Foundation student each year. This is a dance shoes and
Contemporary musical Final show non-accredited course which does not attract government dancewear – allow
Audition preparation funding. All students offered places on the foundation course
around £250.
are required to fund both the annual fee and all living costs.
41 mountview.org.uk mountview.org.uk 42MUSICAL THEATRE
BA (HONS) IN PERFORMANCE - MUSICAL
THEATRE
TRINITY DIPLOMA IN PROFESSIONAL
MUSICAL THEATRE
THREE YEARS FULL-TIME
OVER 25 YEARS AGO MOUNTVIEW CREATED THE
UK'S FIRST SPECIALIST THREE-YEAR MUSICAL
THEATRE TRAINING AND OUR ALUMNI CONTINUE TO
DOMINATE THE INDUSTRY
There is a maximum of 38 places available In the second year you'll also work
each year and you'll receive 36 hours’ closely with Mountview’s Industry Liaison
contact teaching time – including one-to- Manager to understand and prepare for
one singing lessons – each week. life as a working actor.
The course develops technical skills The focus of the third year is film and
through practical classes, workshops and public performance and you'll present
performances and is split equally between a range of productions in Mountview's
the three essential musical theatre skills: theatres and a West End showcase as well
acting, singing and dance. as create a voice and film showreel.
Study takes place over three 12-week Audiences include agents, casting
terms a year. directors and other industry figures as
well as the general public. If you have a
The first half of each term is devoted to USA work visa you also have the option
skills classes whilst in the second half of a New York showcase (flights and
of each term you'll work on in-house accommodation costs apply).
performance projects.
43 mountview.org.ukCOURSE MODULES AND COMPONENTS
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3
Skills Mountview is the drama school
Acting Acting Jazz that gave me all. Today more
Improvisation Acting for camera Ballet than ever when young, scrappy
Actor & text Actor & text Tap
Voice Stage combat Singing and hungry artists from all
Speech Voice Devising backgrounds need their authentic
Singing Sight reading Audition techinique voice heard this school’s work
Music theory Singing Reflection on Acting Practice
Jazz Jazz means more to me than anything.
Ballet Ballet
GILES TERERA
Tap Tap
Movement Movement Mountview Alumnus
Alexander Technique Music theory (2018 Olivier Award Winner, Hamilton)
Research Acting through song
Reflection on Acting Practice Career development
Reflection on Acting Practice
Performance
Realism project Classic book musical Three public productions
Ensemble project Modern play Showcase
Song & dance project Shakespeare TV showreel
Modern book musical Recorded voicereel
Devised dance
All modules are compulsory. This is a HOW TO APPLY
practical, vocational course which is
assessed both continuously and through Entry is based on performance at audition
specific assignments. You are required to and previous academic qualifications are
write a reflection on acting practice during not essential.
each year of the course which supports
Application and audition information p83.
your ability to interrogate and reflect upon
your learning. There are also supporting
Students who receive a Dance and Drama
classes that are unassessed elements
Award (DaDA) will work towards the Trinity
of the training including: Alexander
College London Diploma in Professional
Technique, devising,
Musical Theatre in addition to completing
audition technique and the third year
the BA (Hons) in Performance. An
professional showcase.
additional registration fee for the BA will
apply.
You have the opportunity to undertake the
Diploma in Professional Musical Theatre
(validated by Trinity College London) whilst
following the degree training.
If you secure professional work in the
final year you may, subject to approval,
be assessed on this in place of one of
the public productions and still receive a
Degree/Trinity Diploma.
2019/20 TERM DATES 2019/20 FEES OTHER COSTS
Autumn: September – December UK/EU Students: £14,410 Include black active wear for workshops,
Spring: January – April International Students: £17,165 dance shoes and dancewear – allow around
Summer: May – July Fees are subject to annual review £250. In year 3 there will be additional costs
and may increase in years 2 and 3 in
BA VALIDATED BY UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA line with inflation. One term’s notice
for headshots and Spotlight membership –
DIPLOMA VALIDATED BY TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON will be given of any increases allow £350.
45 mountview.org.uk mountview.org.uk 46MUSICAL THEATRE
MA IN PERFORMANCE - MUSICAL THEATRE
ONE YEAR FULL-TIME
MOUNTVIEW IS RECOGNISED AS ONE OF THE BEST
PLACES IN THE WORLD TO TRAIN FOR A CAREER IN
MUSICAL THEATRE
Our MA is aimed at students with a performance projects including work
previous degree (in any subject) and some on a non-musical modern text and
experience in musical performance. There contemporary and classic book musicals.
are only 32 places available each year
and you'll receive over 36 hours’ contact In the final term, you'll present a fully-
teaching time each week in groups of 16 staged public production and professional
or fewer. showcase attended by agents, casting
directors and other prominent industry
The MA develops practical skills through professionals. American students have the
classes, workshops and performances and option of a showcase in New York (flights
is split equally between the three essential and accommodation costs apply).
musical theatre skills: singing, acting and
dance. You will receive one-to-one singing In the third term you will also work closely
classes each week. with Mountview’s Industry Liaison Manager
to prepare for life as a working actor.
Over the first two terms you'll take skills
classes. These are complemented by
TERM 1 TERM 2 TERM 3
Assessment is based on work throughout HOW TO APPLY
Skills the course. If you wish to complete the
Acting Classical scene work Audition technique MA you'll prepare for a creative project Entry is based on performance at audition.
Improvisation Acting for camera Career development through a series of seminars. The MA If you don't hold an undergraduate
Approaches to text Recorded voice module is not compulsory and if you degree you will need to undertake an
Voice Voice access assignment to establish suitability
don't wish to take it you will be awarded a
Dance & movement Dance & movement for undertaking the MA.
Postgraduate Diploma.
Singing & music Singing & music
Performance Application and audition information p83.
Open space Scene into song Devised musical workshop
Modern text Book musical 2 Showcase
Book musical 1 Public production VALIDATED BY UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
Creative Project
Lectures Lectures Creative project
2019/20 TERM DATES 2019/20 FEES OTHER COSTS
Seminars Seminars Presentation & submission of
Autumn: September – December UK/EU Students: £17,700 Include black active wear for workshops,
Spring: January – April International Students: £20,275 dance shoes and dancewear – allow around
Tutorials Tutorials project map
Summer: May – July £250. Headshots and Spotlight membership –
allow £350.
47 mountview.org.uk mountview.org.uk 48CREATIVE PRODUCING The MA in Creative Producing
provides students with invaluable skills
and networking opportunities to place
them firmly within the theatre industry.
MA IN CREATIVE PRODUCING ELLIE CLAUGHTON
Mountview Alumna
(Producer, Lung Theatre)
ONE YEAR FULL-TIME
MOUNTVIEW’S MA IN CREATIVE PRODUCING EXPLORES
AND PROVIDES EXPERIENCE AND THE SKILLS NEEDED
TO BE A SUCCESSFUL THEATRE PRODUCER
Running since 2015, almost all Theory and case study work over the first
graduates have already gone on to work two terms are combined with practical
professionally in the UK and internationally, experience and a series of guest lectures.
both on their own projects and with You will create your own public work
companies including Headlong, Theatre and produce a production as part of
Royal Stratford East, Live Theatre in Mountview’s Directors/Producers Season in
Newcastle, Park Theatre and Jermyn the third term.
Street Theatre.
There is a maximum of 14 places available
All modules are compulsory. There is drama and documentaries, accompanied
each year.
assessment throughout based on essays by a programme of seminars featuring
and presentations. the UK's leading independent producers/
COURSE MODULES AND COMPONENTS theatremakers.
Teaching days are Tuesday and Wednesday.
TERM 1 TERM 2 TERM 3 There are eight hours of lectures and two
hours’ tutorials and seminars HOW TO APPLY
Skills Creative Practice
each week. In addition, you will be Entry is based on an interview with the
Arts ecology Finance & fundraising Solo play as part of Creative expected to carry out two days per week Head of Course. If you don't hold an
Arts business Marketing & audience Producers’ festival and of self-led study. undergraduate degree you will need
Licencing & royalties development collaboration with MA Theatre
Dramatic critical practice & Commercial producing & Directors on larger scale work to undertake an access assignment to
The course is led by Pam Fraser Solomon, establish suitability for undertaking the MA.
commissioning general management Reflective evaluation
Theatre making & producing Touring
an award-winning producer/director of
in the not-for-profit sector Digital futures theatre (Theatre Royal Stratford East, Young Application and interview information p83.
Understanding technical Vic), TV (EastEnders, Holby City), radio
theatre
International collaboration
& presentation VALIDATED BY UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
2019/20 TERM DATES 2019/20 FEES OTHER COSTS
Autumn: September – December UK/EU Students: £8,450 There will be additional costs for cultural trips
Spring: January – April International Students: £17,165 – allow around £100.
Summer: May – July
51 mountview.org.uk mountview.org.uk 52My time at Mountview has been
demanding, exciting, bundles of fun and
MUSICAL DIRECTION
most importantly extremely rewarding.
Every day brought a new challenge, a new
person to meet and a new experience.
LAUREN RONAN
Mountview Alumna
PG DIPLOMA/MA IN MUSICAL DIRECTION
ONE YEAR FULL-TIME
THIS IS INTENSIVE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
FOR HIGHLY SKILLED MUSICIANS EMBARKING
ON A CAREER AS A MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Mountview is one of the UK’s leading Assessment is based on work throughout
musical theatre trainers and the ideal the course. If you solely want to develop
springboard for a career in musical practical skills and make industry contacts
direction. The course is suited to you may opt to take the PG Diploma.
advanced pianists, accompanists and If you wish to explore an additional
conductors who have proven experience analytical pathway you can prepare for
working with singers, actors and a creative MA project through a series
instrumentalists. There is a maximum of of seminars.
six places available each year.
HOW TO APPLY
The course takes place over 45 weeks split
into three terms. Entry is based on interview with the
Head of Course. If you don't hold an
Throughout the year you'll participate undergraduate degree will need to
in tutorials with leading practitioners undertake an access assignment to
and industry specialists. You will assist establish suitability for undertaking
professional musical directors on in-house the MA.
and public musical productions and lead
musically on selected performances. Application and interview information p83.
COURSE MODULES AND COMPONENTS
TERM 1 TERM 2 TERM 3
Skills Performance
One-to-one keyboard One-to-one keyboard Assistant MD or MD on
technique technique public musical
Playing orchestral reductions Audition rep Reflective journal
Accompanying Keyboard programming MA presentation
Arranging & orchestration Voice & singing technique
Conducting & cueing Coaching a singer
Acting through song Reflective journal VALIDATED BY UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
Reflective journal
Performance 2019/20 TERM DATES 2019/20 FEES OTHER COSTS
Autumn: September – December PG Dip UK/EU Students: £8,770 There will be additional costs for cultural trips
Assistant MD on in-house or Concert, in-house project or Spring: January – April MA UK/EU Students: £10,355 – allow around £100.
public musical public show Summer: May – July International Students: £17,165
53 mountview.org.uk mountview.org.uk 54SITE-SPECIFIC THEATRE
PRACTICE
MA IN SITE-SPECIFIC THEATRE PRACTICE
ONE YEAR FULL-TIME JANUARY ENTRY
GERALDINE PILGRIM IS THE REASON SITE-SPECIFIC WORK IS KNOWN
AND LOVED IN THE UK – WHENEVER YOU SEE SITE-SPECIFIC OR
‘IMMERSIVE' THEATRE, YOU’RE SEEING THE INFLUENCE OF HER
GROUNDBREAKING WORK.
POPPY KEELING Producer (Creative Learning, Complicite)
Mountview’s MA in Site-Specific Theatre Geraldine Pilgrim has been making site-
Practice is delivered in partnership with specific performances and installations for
Shoreditch Town Hall. The first course of over twenty years in sites including empty
its kind in the UK, the MA will be led by office blocks, schools, hotels, swimming TERM 1 TERM 2 TERM 3
Geraldine Pilgrim, a leading practitioner pools, factories, hospitals, stately homes SITE REQUIREMENTS AND PRACTICE CONTEXT SITE-SPECIFIC PRACTICAL
in the creation of site-specific theatre and parks. Her connections to companies DISSERTATION
Site practicalities Lectures & open seminars from
installations. The course is for students including Complicite, Punchdrunk,
Production planning leading practitioners, focussing Research, development &
interested in highly specialised training DreamThinkSpeak, Secret Cinema and
on methodologies, practice & production of a substantive
across all elements of site-specific practice. National Theatre Studio ensure that Licensing piece of site-specific theatre
innovation
you will have access to a rich network of
There is a maximum of seven students contacts as well as fine-tuned expertise. Design, including space, Shadowing: work-based learning Presentation of an interim
lighting, sound & visual effects & personal engagement exhibition with critical support
per cohort.
Inspirational site visits and feedback
The course is aimed at practitioners with
Site-specific theatre has captured the an art or drama background wanting to Production of written
DIRECTING & SITE RESIDENCY
imagination of theatre and fine art diversify their artistic skills. Applications materials towards the
SKILLS
practitioners throughout the UK and are also welcomed from those who are Individual short self-devised practical dissertation
internationally. True site-specific theatre currently studying at BA level. Practical workshops from the site-specific project directing
course leader, Mountview staff other students
engages with a chosen site’s history,
& visiting practitioners
atmosphere and architecture to underpin Learning will cover practical skills and A UK or overseas residency
devised or text-based narratives. Site- creative realisation as well as theoretical A short, London-based working collaboratively to
specific theatre is an art form in its own and methodological investigation. The collaborative site-specific create & realise a site-specific
performance performance
right, allowing a space to inform the final three terms will break down as follows:
performance and acknowledging that
the performance can only happen in the
specific site.
55 mountview.org.uk mountview.org.uk 56Teaching will take place both at
Mountview’s Peckham home and at
Shoreditch Town Hall. Mountview’s
collaboration with Shoreditch Town Hall
will root you in a professional space
enabling practical experimentation with
the site-specific form and connection to
established artists.
Strong emphasis is placed on learning
through practice.
HOW TO APPLY
Entry is based on an interview at which
you will be invited to talk about previous
experience, interests and inspiration.
You will be required to provide a digital
portfolio demonstrating your interests,
influences and/or prior learning or
experience.
Application information p83.
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2019/20 TERM DATES 2019/20 FEES OTHER COSTS
Autumn: September – December UK/EU Students: £10,355 There will be additional costs for cultural trips
Spring: January – April International Students: £17,165 and site residency – allow around £180.
Summer: May – July
57 mountview.org.uk mountview.org.uk 58COURSE MODULES
THEATRE FOR APPLIED THEATRE PRACTICE AND
PEDAGOGIES
BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
Administration & compliance
CONTEMPORARY ARENAS AND
PRAXES OF APPLIED THEATRE
COMMUNITY AND
Theatre training & theatre- Organisation & operations Sites & situations
making applied Participation groups
Marketing & communications
Pedagogies: theory & CREATIVE AND CULTURAL LEARNING
Funding & planning
practice
Design thinking
EDUCATION
POLICIES AND AGENDAS Microlearning
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF
LEARNING THROUGH THEATRE Diversity & inclusion Cultural learning
Context & critique Failure & development Heritage & home
Theatre in education Local & global perspectives Pedagogy of the drum
Models of education Culture & cultures
MA IN THEATRE FOR COMMUNITY
DISSERTATION PROJECT
Practice & application
(PRACTICAL OR WRITTEN)
Workshop skills
AND EDUCATION Education resources
TWO YEARS PART-TIME EASTER ENTRY HOW TO APPLY
Entry is based on an interview at which
A CREATIVE AND CHALLENGING ENSEMBLE you will be invited to talk about previous
experience, interests and inspiration.
EXPERIENCE IN THE TRANSFORMATIONAL POWER
Application information p83.
OF THEATRE AND THEATRE MAKING
In a society where access to the arts teaching, leading and facilitating creatively
is at risk of being marginalised, this and imaginatively.
course develops the next generation of
interdisciplinary theatre practitioners who Teaching is led by Iain Tidbury, an
will lead the way in providing meaningful interdisciplinary theatre-maker who
arts experiences for all. previously led the artist development
programme at Bristol Old Vic. Teaching
The course is aimed at theatre artists takes place on Mondays allowing you to
interested in the potential of theatre work during the rest of the week. There is
practices to address social, political and also one long study weekend each term.
educational issues in a broad range of
settings. Strong emphasis is placed on learning
through practice with continuous
It is a professional training, vocational assessment across all the compulsory
preparation and an education. It welcomes modules. Assessment modes include
those practicing in youth, community essays, funding application, education
and/or education settings, and actors pack, research presentation, portfolio
and performers looking to develop and of case studies, performance and
diversify their career. dissertation.
Working in a maximum cohort of 12 Students will define an area of interest that
learning and teaching will involve a will lead them to creating a viable practice-
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dynamic relation of practice and theory based or written dissertation.
through workshops, lectures, seminars and 2019/20 TERM DATES 2019/20 FEES OTHER COSTS
independent practice. Throughout the Autumn: September – December UK/EU Students: £10,355 There will be additional costs for cultural trips
course you will learn and develop skills in Spring: January – April International Students: £17,165 – allow around £100.
Summer: May – July
59 mountview.org.uk mountview.org.uk 60THEATRE DIRECTING
MA IN THEATRE DIRECTING
ONE YEAR FULL-TIME
AN INTENSIVE, PRACTICAL COURSE FOR PROSPECTIVE
THEATRE DIRECTORS
Mountview’s Theatre Directing students The course takes place over 45 weeks
have gone on to work for the UK’s leading split into three terms. It blends lectures,
theatre companies, in the West End and seminars and workshops with practical
on Broadway. Graduates have a reputation work as a director – both assisting
for clarity, imaginative engagement professional directors and leading on TERM 1 TERM 2 TERM 3
and leadership and include Michael film and theatre projects. What makes
The actor’s process Rehearsal techniques Rehearsal techniques
Longhurst – Artistic Director of the Donmar Mountview’s course stand out is that in
Rehearsal techniques (actor (devising) (staging)
Warehouse, Maria Aberg (Dr Faustus RSC, the third term you will direct your own
& text) Working with movement Interpretation & realisation
Little Shop of Horrors Regent's Park), Joe public showcase production working with a
Murphy (Woyzeck Old Vic) and Iqbal Khan producer, designer and cast. Structure of dramatic writing Developing an approach Collaborating with design &
Developing an approach Theatre history project production
(Antony and Cleopatra RSC).
All modules are compulsory. There is Theatre history project Interpretation & realisation Dramaturgy project
Teaching is led by Peter James CBE, continuous assessment and you will have Collaborating with design & Public production 2
co-founder of Liverpool Everyman, former regular tutorials with the course leader production
Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres, throughout the course, supporting module Production planning &
Lyric Hammersmith and Principal Emeritus elements and working towards your self- processes
of LAMDA. Peter is supported by developed MA public directing project. Public production 1
resident and freelance staff and leading This project is backed up with a written
Dramaturgy project
professional theatre practitioners from dissertation.
various disciplines.
HOW TO APPLY
The core principle is to develop the unique
voice of each student director. Entry is based on an interview at which you will be invited to talk about previous experience, interests and inspiration.
Application information p83.
My time at Mountview was inspiring, challenging and empowering: I started
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the year with a very raw and uninformed passion for directing – and finished
it well prepared to enter the profession. 2019/20 TERM DATES 2019/20 FEES OTHER COSTS
Autumn: September – December UK/EU Students: £14,000 There will be additional costs for cultural trips
MICHAEL LONGHURST Spring: January – April International Students: £17,165 – allow around £100.
Mountview Alumnus (Artistic Director Donmar Warehouse) Summer: May – July
61 mountview.org.uk mountview.org.uk 62SCENIC ART AND
PROP MAKING
FDA IN SCENIC ART AND PROP MAKING
TWO YEARS FULL-TIME
BA (HONS) TOP-UP IN SCENIC ART AND
PROP MAKING
THREE YEARS FULL-TIME
SCENIC ARTS HAVE BEEN AN ESSENTIAL PART OF
MOUNTVIEW'S PRODUCTION ARTS TRAINING FOR
40 YEARS
Two programmes offer specialist vocational The range of public productions
training in scenic art and prop making for Mountview produces gives a vast array of
theatre, film, TV and related industries such learning opportunities.
as theming and heritage.
The FdA programme places a strong
A two-year Foundation Degree (FdA) in emphasis on developing specialist skills
Scenic Art and Prop Making provides a and practical problem solving. You'll
fast-track training, and a one-year top-up learn a range of skills and processes from
allows FdA graduates to gain a BA (Hons). traditional and established methods
and materials to new and future-facing
There is a maximum of eight places technologies. The course has strong links
available each year with practical training with the industry and opportunities for
running over 30 hours per week, 36 weeks work-based learning.
per year.
65 mountview.org.ukAs an FdA graduate you will be prepared to Strong emphasis is placed on learning
enter the workplace, with a broad range of through practice, and the majority of work
skills making you highly employable. across all the modules is continuously
assessed. Skills modules will be assessed
A BA (Hons) top-up year allows you to through coursework and practice modules
explore more advanced creative and through assessment of production roles.
management roles. You will take on a
minimum of two major roles on productions
HOW TO APPLY
through the year. A specialist research
project requires you to apply advanced Entry is based on an interview at which
research skills to extend knowledge in a you will present a portfolio of art and
particular area of interest. design work and will be invited to talk
about previous experience, interests and
Training covers: inspirations. There are no academic entry
requirements.
• Puppetry and puppet making
• Prosthetics and special effects make-up Application and interview information p83.
• Painting scenic cloths and gauzes
• Specialist paint finishes and effects
• Mould making and casting
• Fantasy character costume construction
• Upholstery and furniture making
• Sculpting and modelling using
specialist materials
• Working with timber, plastics, metals,
resins, foams and fabrics
• Career development and
entrepreneurial skills
FDA/BA COURSE MODULES AND COMPONENTS
YEAR 1 FDA YEAR 2 FDA YEAR 3 – BA (HONS) TOP-UP
Skills
Introduction to skills, Introduction to project Taught classes & project work
processes & materials management, career covering advanced scenic art
fundamental to prop development planning & & prop making skills, project &
making & scenic art entrepreneurial skills. team management
Application of skills & Applied craft skills include: Masterclasses & seminars
processes to production life casting, costume
Specialist Research Project
cutting, figurative painting,
Craft skills include: working
prosthetics, makeup, fantasy
with fabrics, furniture
& sci-fi themes
making, large-scale scenic
cloths, soft props, puppetry
& painting gauzes
Practice
Assistant level role/s on Deputy & Assistant level Lead roles on public productions
public productions roles on public productions
2019/20 TERM DATES 2019/20 (FDA/BA) FEES OTHER COSTS
Autumn: September – December UK/EU Students: £9,360 Additional costs include a basic tool
Spring: January – April International Students: £17,165 kit and personal protective equipment
Summer: May – July Fees are subject to annual review and may (boots, hard hat, gloves, reflective bibs)
increase in years 2 and 3 in line with inflation.
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– allow around £250.
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