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Costume

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Notable alumni

  • Leon Krasenstein (Little Monsters, Down Under, Soul Mates)
  • Ruth Mongey (Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Aladdin, The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle, The King’s Man)
  • Carol Anne Wegner (The Bourne Ultimatum, Bridge of Spies, Captain America: Civil War)
  • Helen Woolfenden (Peep Show, Pulling, Tracey Ullman’s Show)

You’ve successfully completed CUA50420 – Diploma of Live Production and Technical Services, and have a solid understanding of the many backstage roles that go into putting on a show. It’s now time to specialise in your chosen study option: Costume.

CUA60220 – Advanced Diploma of Live Production and Management Services offers a second, more intense year of study where you’ll focus on the skills required to be a costume maker and designer. You’ll learn the techniques and processes required for advanced construction, and the management of costumes and accessories for theatre and live performance. This includes training in pattern making, art finishing, millinery, drawing, period costume, corsetry and creating costumes for dance and physical movement.

These skills are put into practice on WAAPA’s many live productions, providing you with both technical and practical training. You’ll be given opportunities to take on more advanced management roles, such as dressing and costume supervision, as well as specialist costume construction for stage productions. With this hands-on experience, you’ll be ready to step into work in a wide range of costume-orientated careers within the arts and entertainment industries.

Take the pathway from Advanced Diploma to Higher Degree

On successful completion of the Advanced Diploma, you may then choose to enrol in a further two years of full-time study to attain a Bachelor of Performing Arts degree (Y97).

Courses offered

This course involves learning at Advanced Diploma level so it is recommended that applicants successfully complete a Diploma level course before applying.

These course pages detail entry requirements, fee and interview information. You can also apply from these pages:

Audition and interview documents

Staff

The Course Coordinator for Costume is Ms Fleur Kingsland.

For a full list of WAAPA Production and Design staff, please visit the WAAPA Staff listing.

More information

For domestic student enquiries, please go to Future Students.

For international student enquiries, please go to International Students.

For a full list of WAAPA courses, please visit WAAPA Study areas.

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