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Production Design

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Notable alumni

  • Alicia Clements
  • Anna Gardiner
  • Tyler Hill
  • Nathan Weyers
  • Bryan Woltjen

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: Production Design.

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 production designer. This specialisation extends your training in designing sets and costumes for live production, including theatre, opera, dance and music theatre.

You’ll undertake classes in drawing, model making, scenic painting, vision design and computer-aided design. Design projects for sets, props and costumes will strengthen your visualisation and research skills. Working with industry directors and choreographers on WAAPA performances, you’ll develop practical experience in set and costume design roles on live productions, ready for a design-related career in the entertainment industry.

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 applicants are encouraged to have successfully completed 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 document

Staff

The Course Coordinator for Production Design is Mr Bryan Woltjen.

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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