BA (Hons) Costume Production

Overview

Throughout your studies, you will have the opportunity to develop the key professional, transferable skills for employability in the creative industries and work in partnership with other sectors locally, nationally or internationally.

Our ambitious students have been awarded internships at prestigious institutions, including Glyndebourne, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Birmingham Royal Ballet and National Theatre. You’ll learn from lecturers who have worked on West End productions for Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber, and gain insights from visiting professionals like Cathy Tate, Amanda Barrow and Jane Stuart Brown. Amongst many other professional industry links to both theatre and film, we are on the doorstep of <a href="http://www.theatreroyal.com/">Theatre Royal Plymouth</a> – the largest and most attended regional producing theatre in the UK, and the leading promoter of theatre in the South West – where students have enjoyed after show talks and backstage tours. You’ll also benefit from masterclasses led by experts in specialist areas such as prop making, millinery and costume design and visit events such as TheatreCraft, an offstage theatre careers event in London, and performances including opera, ballet, drama and musicals. In 2017 students created costumes for National Trust properties and exhibited at Destinations, London, where they met major film, theatre and television professionals and presented their work to prospective industry employers. Our strong international connections allow our students to take a semester of study with one of our partner institutions within Europe and North America, and in turn, we welcome overseas students from those institutions to join us in our design studios, creating an exciting cultural exchange. Graduates become: <ul><li>costume interpreters</li><li>prop makers</li><li>designers</li><li>stylists</li><li>buyers</li><li>costume supervisors</li><li>theatrical milliners</li><li>heritage professionals</li><li>lecturers</li></ul>

Our Graduates

Rae Hildbrand

Originally from Switzerland, Rae is a London based costume maker, wardrobe assistant and dresser. Rae was a trained dressmaker with ten years of experience in the theatre, film and TV industry before completing her BA in Costume Production, achieving a First Class Honours on graduating in 2018. Rae has worked with the London Theatre Company, The Old Vic, London Palladium and the English National Opera in roles such as Costume Technician and Dresser.

Miki Neal

Miki studied BA (Hons) Costume Production at Arts University Plymouth, graduating in 2019 with a 2:1. From there, she went straight into industry, working as a freelance illustrator, costume and prop maker as well as work as a seamstress and model maker for The Twins FX, a theatrical special effects company in Dorset. Miki has contributed to making flying Deloreans for Back to the Future: The Musical seen across the globe to giant elephants for the London Palladium.

Jerry Moore

Jerry Moore is an experienced costumier, having created costumes for theatre, film and TV, including working on BBC's Poldark and Book of Mormon. He is a specialist in pattern cutting and tailoring. He has been a lecturer on Arts University Plymouth's BA (Hons) Costume Production programme since September 2018. He teaches on the programme's prop making, interdisciplinary studies and professional practice modules. Jerry has also run our Short Courses in Pattern Cutting here at the university since 2016. Since 2010, Jerry has also worked for Theatre Royal Plymouth's Wardrobe Department. During his time there he has worked on such productions as Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty, Wicked for Det Ny Teater in Denmark, and Love Never Dies, also for Denmark. He also works as a freelance Costume Tailor/Costumier, and has worked on a range of theatre, film and TV productions, including Book of Mormon (West End), working as costume designer and Head Of Department for The Ghost Ship (film directed by Robert Young), as well as working as the Children's Tailor for brooding BBC drama Poldark (Series 2 Episode 5). Jerry studied BA (Hons) Costume Production and Associated Crafts and MA Entrepreneurship for Creative Practice, both here at Arts University Plymouth.

Lucy Collins

Lucy graduated from BA (Hons) Costume Production & Associated Crafts in 2022 and was already accepted as a costume designer and sourcer for the up and coming theatre production company, SE Theatre Company, based in Stratford Upon Avon, working on the Shakespearean classic, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She has since worked as a Dresser on Shrek The Musical in Woking.