Stage Electrics and Lighting Design

Course

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

The training will provide students with all the skills they need to take on the roles of Sound Opertaor and Designer, Production Electrician and Lighting Operator, Assistant Lighting Designer and Lighting Designer on the Academy's public productions.

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Location

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London
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62-64 Gower Street, WC1E 6ED

Start date

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About this course

Applicants must possess a first degree or other qualification in a relevant subject or previous practical understanding of the discipline.

Candidates must have complete fluency in the English language.

The minimum age for admission is 18.

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Hello there, I know this lighting course is for a 2 week period, but please could you let me know how many hours per day the person will be required to be there? ...

Yinka O., 25/09/2023

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Course programme

Overview

At the start of this four term course you will learn basic backstage work, including scenery handling and flying, continuing with all aspects of theatre lighting and sound.

The training will provide students with all the skills they need to take on the roles of Sound Opertaor and Designer, Production Electrician and Lighting Operator, Assistant Lighting Designer and Lighting Designer on the Academy’s public productions.

Students will work with professional directors, designers and lighting designers. The training will be supplemented by visits, demonstrations and guest lectures. In the final term students' project work will be exhibited in the ‘Technical Tree’ giving them the opportunity to talk about their work with an invited group of industry contacts.

The training covers:

  • Lighting and sound design on RADA productions
  • Lantern identification and maintenance;
    rigging; focusing
  • Lighting board operation
  • Lighting design projects
  • Theatre history
  • Sound
  • Technical drawing
  • Computer Aided Design (CAD)
  • Research – style and period
  • Lectures in practical theory in
    lighting design
  • Stagecraft
  • Project work on lighting design
  • Opportunities for professional work attachments

This course leads to the award of a postgraduate diploma in Stage Electrics and Lighting Design.

Additional information

Payment options: UK and EU Students Undergraduate: £3,225 Postgraduate: £4,175 Non-EU international students will be required to pay the full cost of their tuition. Fees for 2010/11 have not yet been agreed but will not be less than the current year's fees (£13,690).

Stage Electrics and Lighting Design

Price on request