Theater and Performance

Subject Intensive Programs
Semester students at UAL are fully integrated into the College’s degree courses and study alongside degree seeking students. Since the study of art and design is different in Europe, students may find they are working more independently than at their home schools. In addition, students are encouraged to take a hands-on, project oriented approach to learning. UAL professors offer guidance and support to visiting students in order to help them fit seamlessly into their program of choice. Students will earn 15 US credits per term.

Acting | CSM

The Acting program gives students the opportunity to explore many of the innovations in the training of actors from the past century. The methodological approach to acting is derived from the work and achievements of outstanding artists and teachers in the European and American theater of the twentieth century. These include Lee Strasberg, Konstantin Stanislavski and Joan Littlewood.

Students are placed into either year 1 or year 2 of the program (based on portfolio). Below you will find the set curriculum for each term.

Year 1|Fall: 15 Credits
TP AC CM 300 – Acting: Foundation
TP AC CM 310 – Personal and Professional Development, The London Project 1
Year 1|Spring: 15 Credits
TP AC CM 320 – Acting: Exploration
TP AC CM 330 – The Archetypes of Performance

Year 2|Fall: 15 Credits
TP AC CM 350 – Expanding the Range
TP AC CM 360 – The Actor and the Meaning of Art
Year 2|Spring: 15 Credits
TP AC CM 370 – Complex Text and the Classical Actor
TP AC CM 380 – Contextual Studies (Theatre and Thought)

For course descriptions, click on “Class Schedules” to the left. Courses are subject to change.

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Directing | CSM

The Directing program approaches directing as an essentially ‘physical’ activity requiring a strong sense of timing, visual awareness, and sense of the dynamic qualities of space and everything within it. The program aims to train your senses and your mind through the study of text, music, and visual awareness to develop your director’s ear and eye. You also develop your empathy with the performer through your own performances to your peer group.

Students are placed into either year 1 or year 2 of the program (based on portfolio). Below you will find the set curriculum for each term.

Year 1|Fall: 15 Credits
TP DI CM 300 – Introduction to Acting and Directing Methods
TP DI CM 310 – Personal and Professional Development, The London Project 1
Year 1|Spring: 15 Credits
TP DI CM 320 – Further Acting and Directing Methods
TP DI CM 330 – The Archetypes of Performance

Year 2|Fall: 15 Credits
TP DI CM 350 – Directing and Acting Methods in Practice
TP DI CM 360 – Directing in a Contemporary Context
Year 2|Spring: 15 Credits
TP DI CM 370 – Perspectives on Acting and Directing
TP DI CM 380 – Theater and Thought

For course descriptions, click on “Class Schedules” to the left. Courses are subject to change.

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Performance Design and Practice | CSM

This program incorporates aspects of both the theater industry and professional fine art practice. CSM seeks to promote practitioners with understandings ranging across contexts: from traditional theater to live and performance art, installation, film, television, spatial / exhibition / event design, video and live music events, gaming and virtual performance. We aim to introduce, analyze and challenge the idea of performance, interpreting it in the context of the current eclectic, cross-disciplinary nature of the arts. The program approaches the enormous diversity of the subject area through offering the experience of creative perspectives, broadly expressed as design, composition / authorship, and performing. The activities are inherently collaborative – whether designing, directing, writing, performing or taking responsibility for any individual role in the creation of a performance event.

Students are placed into either year 1 or year 2 of the program (based on portfolio). Below you will find the set curriculum for each term.

Year 1|Fall: 15 Credits
TP PA CM 300 – Live Collaboration 1
TP PA CM 310 – Personal and Professional Development, The London Project 1
Year 1|Spring: 15 Credits
TP PA CM 320 – Perspectives on Practice 1
TP PA CM 330 – Contextual Studies 1

Year 2|Fall: 15 Credits
TP PA CM 350 – Perspectives on Practice 2
TP PA CM 360 – Performance Design and Practice Elective
Year 2|Spring: 15 Credits
TP PA CM 370 – Live Collaboration 2
TP PA CM 380 – Contextual Studies 2

For course descriptions, click on “Class Schedules” to the left. Courses are subject to change.

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Theater: Costume Design | WCA

This program is designed for students with an ambition to work as Costume Designers. It introduces a full range of professional working practices including some fundamental costume construction techniques for theater, film and television. Students will be introduced to the different aspects of costume design, including working methods and research such as the understanding of characters and play texts, theoretical contexts and drawing. Students will also acquire technical skills such as sewing, millinery and corset making.

Students are placed into either year 1 or year 2 of the program (based on portfolio). Below you will find the set curriculum for each term.

Year 1|Fall: 15 Credits
TP TP WA 300 – Induction
TP TP WA 310 – Contextual Studies
TP CD WA 320 – Introduction to Costume Design Practice
Year 1|Spring: 15 Credits
TP TP WA 310 – Contextual Studies
TP CD WA 320 – Introduction to Costume Design Practice
TP CD WA 330 – Establishing Costume Design Practice

Year 2|Fall: 15 Credits
TP CD WA 350 – Exploration and Experimentation in Costume Design
TP CD WA 360 – Contextual Studies 2
TP CD WA 370 – Elective
Year 2|Spring: 15 Credits
TP CD WA 350 – Exploration and Experimentation in Costume Design
TP CD WA 370 – Elective
TP CD WA 390 – Costume in Performance and Professional Contexts

For course descriptions, click on “Class Schedules” to the left. Courses are subject to change.

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Theater: Costume Interpretation | WCA

The program is unique in offering the opportunity to specialize from the outset in Costume Interpretation within a dynamic theatre and film design environment, supported by professional practitioners from within the industry. The Costume Interpretation program’s projects are mainly focused within theater but offer some understanding of different areas such as costume construction for film or television. Students will be introduced to costume construction techniques of sewing, pattern drafting, corsetry, dyeing and printing. Students will apply these on practical costume making projects sometimes independently and also in the context of realized productions. Projects will increase in complexity as students progress, with further introductions into more specialized techniques such as dance costumes, beading and theater tailoring.

Students are placed into either year 1 or year 2 of the program (based on portfolio). Below you will find the set curriculum for each term.

Year 1|Fall: 15 Credits
TP CI WA 300 – Introduction to Costume Interpretation Practice
TP TP WA 310 – Contextual Studies
TP TP WA 320 – Induction
Year 1|Spring: 15 Credits
TP CI WA 300 – Introduction to Costume Interpretation Practice
TP TP WA 310 – Contextual Studies
TP CI WA 330 – Establishing Costume Interpretation Practice

Year 2|Fall: 15 Credits
TP CI WA 350 – Making it Real – Experimentation with Methods and Materials
TP CI WA 360 – Contextual Studies 2
TP CI WA 370 – Elective
Year 2|Spring: 15 Credits
TP CI WA 350 – Making it Real – Experimentation with Methods and Materials
TP CI WA 370 – Elective
TP CI WA 380 – Costume Interpretation in Performance and Professional Context

For course descriptions, click on “Class Schedules” to the left. Courses are subject to change.

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Theater: Design for Performance | WCA

This program’s stature both in the UK and across the world is second to none and its long-standing reputation in the entertainment industry is synonymous with theater design training at the highest level. It will equip students with knowledge and professional skills in the specialist areas of both theater set and costume design and realization for performed events. The broad-base of the program gives students increasing freedom to specialize in related areas of theater production such as filmmaking or animation and pursue areas of practice-based study that will prepare students for employment in an increasingly wide field. By balancing a blend of established industrial practice with inventive and progressive methods, students will build a body of working knowledge and experience that will form a firm foundation for a future in design for performance. Technical staff from both within the College and from the entertainment industry at large will provide students with instruction in a broad range of technologies including: scaled precision model making; costume construction and treatments; scenic art; specialist carpentry and metalworking; and computer aided design and technical drafting.

Students are placed into either year 1 or year 2 of the program (based on portfolio). Below you will find the set curriculum for each term.

Year 1|Fall: 15 Credits
TP DP WA 300 – Introduction to Theater Design Practice
TP TP WA 310 – Contextual Studies – Modes of Production and Reception
TP TP WA 320 – Induction
Year 1|Spring: 15 Credits
TP DP WA 300 – Introduction to Theater Design Practice
TP TP WA 310 – Contextual Studies – Modes of Production and Reception
TP TP WA 320 – Induction

Year 2|Fall: 15 Credits
TP DP WA 350 – Design and Devise from Text to Production – a renaissance Experiment
TP DP WA 360 – Contextual Studies 2
TP DP WA 370 – Elective 2
Year 2|Spring: 15 Credits
TP DP WA 350 – Design and Devise from Text to Production – a renaissance Experiment
TP DP WA 370 – Elective
TP DP WA 380 – Research in Practice

For course descriptions, click on “Class Schedules” to the left. Courses are subject to change.

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Theater: Set Design for Stage and Screen | WCA

Set Design for Stage and Screen is a technical and creative preparation for a career in production design for film and television, miniature model making, computer game visualization, stop motion animation, conceptual and story board visualization. From the beginning students will be offered a sequence of projects encouraging the student to take responsibility for all design and technical aspects of set design for stage and screen. By balancing a blend of imaginative ideas with technical knowledge, students will develop self awareness and confidence that will form a firm foundation for future studies. Important skills delivered on the course include scaled precision model making and computer-aided design and technical drafting. Practical workshops on using the camera and lighting take place in the College’s film studio.

Students are placed into either year 1 or year 2 of the program (based on portfolio). Below you will find the set curriculum for each term.

Year 1|Fall: 15 Credits
TP DS WA 300 – Introduction to Set Design Practice
TP DS WA 310 – Contextual Studies : Modes of Production and Reception
TP DS WA 320 – Induction
Year 1|Spring: 15 Credits
TP DS WA 300 – Introduction to Set Design Practice
TP DS WA 310 – Contextual Studies : Modes of Production and Reception
TP DS WA 320 – Induction

Year 2|Fall: 15 Credits
TP DS WA 350 – Film and Video Production Design
TP DS WA 360 – Elective
TP DS WA 370 – Contextual Studies: Research in Practice
Year 2|Spring: 15 Credits
TP DS WA 350 – Film and Video Production Design
TP DS WA 360 – Elective
TP DS WA 385 – Televised Set Design

For course descriptions, click on “Class Schedules” to the left. Courses are subject to change.

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Theater: Technical Arts & Special Effects | WCA

Technical Arts and Special Effects is unique in that it is an ‘arts’ course which teaches a wide range of technical skills. It familiarizes students with the technologies currently used in making three-dimensional artifacts, models, and sculpture for film, television, theater, and exhibition. WCA sees special effects as using technology to enhance the creative imagination. Technical artists almost always work in collaboration with other creative groups or individuals such as film and theater directors, designers, and performing artists. this program aims to give students the tools to become skilled, confident, independent thinkers and effective collaborators. Important skills delivered on the course include model making and computer visualization, fabrication in the context of a creature costume / puppet project, and modelling a head in clay from life, with an introduction to mould making and casting.There are also projects in prosthetics and animation tutored by visiting professional practitioners.

Students are placed into either year 1 or year 2 of the program (based on portfolio). Below you will find the set curriculum for each term.

Courses: TBA

For course descriptions, click on “Class Schedules” to the left. Courses are subject to change.

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