As an undergraduate at Central, you will develop your specialist craft, discipline or application in a creative environment, but will also gain an appropriate knowledge of historical or theoretical concepts, specialist terminologies and critical languages of your discipline. You will be trained to professional standards in vocational contexts, and will develop your capacity to research, discuss and reflect critically on practice.
- BA (Hons) Acting
- BA (Hons) Drama, Applied Theatre and Education
- BA (Hons) Theatre Practice
Undergraduate Courses
- BA (Hons) Acting
Acting
A comprehensive classical and contemporary actor training
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Acting; Combat; Critical thinking; On screen performance; Physical and emotional range; Research skills; Transformation; Voice. Click for full course detailsmore >Associated Jobs
Actor in live theatre and recorded media; Commercial Role Play Artist; Suitable grounding for master's level or PGCE study; Voice-over Artist. Click for full course detailsmore >Collaborative and Devised Theatre
A practical actor training which emphasises the creation of new theatre and embraces a multi-cultural and multi-disciplined methodology
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Acting; Clown; Combat; Critical thinking; Dance; Devised multimedia performance; Devising skills; Improvisation; Mask; Movement; Radio; Research skills; Screen acting; Storytelling; Tragedy; Voice; Working from scripts. Click for full course detailsmore >Associated Jobs
Actor; Deviser; Suitable grounding for master's level or PGCE study; Theatre Maker; Writer. Click for full course detailsmore >Musical Theatre
An intensive, vocational training in the disciplines of musical theatre, with the emphasis on acting
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Acting; Classical and contemporary singing techniques; Combat; Critical thinking; Dance skills; Improvisation; Interrogation of classical and contemporary texts; Lip synching; Microphone technique (recorded and broadcast media); Research skills; Sight reading; Voice. Click for full course detailsmore >Associated Jobs
Actor; Recording artists for studio and broadcast media; Suitable grounding for master's level or PGCE study. Click for full course detailsmore >- BA (Hons) Drama, Applied Theatre and Education
Drama, Applied Theatre and Education
An applied theatre training offering opportunities for working in the community whilst undertaking an intellectually stimulating programme of study
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Application of drama and theatre; Creation of performance; Creativity; Critical thinking; Devising; Directing; Playwriting; Research skills; Teaching; Workshop facilitation. Click for full course detailsmore >Associated Jobs
Development Officer; Director of theatre for young people or children's theatre; Education Officer (at a theatre); Suitable grounding for master's level or PGCE study; Theatre in education actor or teacher; Workshop leader and facilitator. Click for full course detailsmore >- BA (Hons) Theatre Practice
Costume Construction
Costume Construction offers a training in pattern cutting and making contemporary and historical costume for both women and men
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Accurate sewing and making techniques which include dressmaking and tailoring, corsetry and body paddings, prop costumes and millinery; Budgeting; Collaboration; Communication; Critical thinking; Draping on the stand; Innovation; Pattern cutting; Research skills; Resource management; Scheduling; Team management; Time management. Click for full course detailsmore >Associated Jobs
Archive in Theatre, Film and TV; Costume Maker; Costume Supervisor; Dresser; Museum Curating; Pattern Cutter; Suitable grounding for master's level or PGCE study; Wardrobe Assistant. Click for full course detailsmore >Design for the Stage
Design for the Stage offers you a unique opportunity to develop your work as a set and costume designer
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Conceptual thinking; Critical thinking; Making models; Producing technical and costume drawing; Research skills; Theoretical and realised design for performance. Click for full course detailsmore >Associated Jobs
Assistant Art Director; Assistant Designer; Design Assistant; Set Designer; Suitable grounding for master's level or PGCE study. Click for full course detailsmore >Performance Arts
Performance Arts is ideal for those interested in enterprise or entrepreneurship within the creative economy, producing and making innovative performance and events
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Authorship; Business skills; Collaborative work; Creative leadership; Creative production of performance; Creative thinking; Critical thinking; Documentation/Archiving; Dramaturgy; Movement; Object manipulation; Photography; Research skills; Scenography; Site-specific; Understanding live performance; Video and film. Click for full course detailsmore >Associated Jobs
Arts Programmer; Assistant Director; Curator; Director; Dramaturg; Education; Producer; Public Relations; Suitable grounding for master's level or PGCE study; Theorist; Visual Artist. Click for full course detailsmore >Production Lighting
Production Lighting concentrates on understanding the ‘how’ of lighting - from the basics through to the cutting-edge developments that will shape the future of stage lighting
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Basic sound, rigging and technical management; Critical thinking; Electrical distribution for live arts, concert lighting and event lighting; Lighting systems including planning, managing, rigging, programming, focusing, operating, touring and designing; Organisational skills; Research skills. Click for full course detailsmore >Associated Jobs
Event or Touring Lighting Crew; Lighting Programmer; Production Electrician; Project Manager; Suitable grounding for master's level or PGCE study; Theatre; Touring Crew, aspiring to Crew Chief or Chief Electrician. Click for full course detailsmore >Prop Making
Prop Making offers training in making and sculpting for theatre, film and television
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Armature construction; Carpentry; Casting techniques in silicone, jesmonite and plaster; Design interpretation; Life casting; Polystyrene carving and extensive use of hand and power tools; Prop costume; Research and analysis skills; Sculpting techniques; Technical drawing; Vaccum forming; Welding. Click for full course detailsmore >Associated Jobs
Model animation and community arts or festival production; Museum installation and events industry; Prop Maker for the theatre, film, television and advertising industries; Window display fabriation and installation. Click for full course detailsmore >Puppetry
Puppetry offers a training to create visual theatre through the animation of objects, puppets and bodies on stage
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Animation, movement, vocal and manipulation skills; Critical thinking; Design process; Puppet history and analysis of styles; Puppet making; Puppetry drawing, design and sculpture; Research skills; Visual theatre performance. Click for full course detailsmore >Associated Jobs
Puppet Maker; Puppeteer - performer; Suitable grounding for master's level or PGCE study. Click for full course detailsmore >Scenic Art
Scenic Art provides training in drawing, painting, colour theory and working to scale, to a professional standard
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Budgeting; Collaboration; Colour theory; Communication; Critical thinking; Design interpretation; Drawing techniques; Innovation; Painting with brushes and spray-gun; Paiting styles; Perspective; Research skills; Resource management; Scaling up; Scheduling; Team management; Textures and surfaces; Time management; Trompe-l'oeil. Click for full course detailsmore >Associated Jobs
Designer and Scenic Artist for Theatre, Film and TV; Mural Artist; Scenic Artisit; Scenic Artist; Suitable grounding for master's level or PGCE study. Click for full course detailsmore >Scenic Construction
Scenic Construction offers training in carpentry, structural design, metal work and mechanical engineering to build sets to professional standards
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Basic furniture making; Budgeting; Carpentry; Collaboration; Communication; Construction drawing both hand-drawn and Computer Aided Design; Critical thinking; Design interpretation; Mechanical engineering; Metal work; Plastics; Research skills; Resource management; Scenery construction; Scheduling; Structural design; Team management; Time management; Welding; Working with hand and power tools. Click for full course detailsmore >Associated Jobs
Scenic Constructor for Theatre; Scenic Constructor for Theatre, Film TV and Events; Suitable grounding for master's level or PGCE study. Click for full course detailsmore >Stage Management
Stage Management is ideal for those interested in managing the development and realisation of the creative ambitions of directors, designers and performers in live performance
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Basic prop making adaption; Basic sound, lighting and staging technology; Critical thinking; Management of health and safety; Organisational and communication skills; People management; Production documentation; Props research and buying; Pyrotechnics; Research skills; Resource management; Score reading; Show calling; Tour and event management. Click for full course detailsmore >Associated Jobs
Assistant Stage Manager; Deputy Stage Manager; Events Manager; Props Buyer; Stage Manager; Suitable grounding for master's level or PGCE study. Click for full course detailsmore >Technical and Production Management
Technical and Production Management is ideal for those who would like to learn and understand the fundamental principles involved in developing a performance.
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Management of health and safety; Organisational and communication skills; Outdoor events; People management; Pyrotechnics; Technical skills for staging; Working at height. Click for full course detailsmore >Associated Jobs
Production Manager; Projects Manager; Suitable grounding for master's level or PGCE study; Technical Director; Technical Manager; Tour Management; Venue Manager. Click for full course detailsmore >Theatre Lighting Design
Theatre Lighting Design offers a unique training in the art and technology of stage lighting.
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Buildings and events - rigging, programming, focusing, operating, touring and designing lighting systems; Concert lighting; Critical thinking; Lighting design for theatre live arts; Personal and project management; Photography; Record keeping; Research skills; Textual analysis. Click for full course detailsmore >Associated Jobs
Assistant or Associate Lighting Designer; Lighting Designer; Suitable grounding for master's level or PGCE study; Theatre; Theatre, Event or Concert Lighting Specialist; Touring Crew; Touring Crew, aspiring to Crew Chief or Chief Electrician. Click for full course detailsmore >Theatre Sound
Theatre Sound explores the textures, subtleties and power of sound and music as part of the live theatre experience.
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Aesthetic theory of sound design for performance; Critical thinking; Event and installation; Organisational and communication skills; People and project management; Research skills; Resource management; Sound design; Sound Design, including system specification and sound creation for performance, event, and installation; Technical skills in digital audio manipulation, distribution and computerised resource control. Click for full course detailsmore >Associated Jobs
Music and Sound Composer for Theatre; Production Sound Engineer; Sound Designer; Sound Operator; Sound Technician; Suitable grounding for master's level or PGCE study. Click for full course detailsmore >
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