VS09 by Hayley Squires
Bute Theatre, April 2014
When We Are Married by J B Priestley
Richard Burton Theatre, October 2013
Tender by Abi Morgan
Caird Studio, May 2014
The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sherman Cymru, March 2014
You Can't Take It With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Bute Theatre, May 2014
Spring Awakening by Gary Owen
Bute Theatre, April 2014
Fe Ddaw'r Byd I Ben by Dafydd James
Sherman Cymru, February 2014
Epsom Downs by Howard Brenton
Bute Theatre, February 2014
The Wonderful World of Dissocia by Anthony Neilson
Richard Burton Theatre, February 2014
Spring Awakening by Gary Owen
Bute Theatre, April 2014
Pomona by Alistair McDowall
Richard Burton Theatre, March 2014
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Richard Burton Theatre, December 2013
RWCMD's graduate design exhibition at London's Bargehouse
RWCMD's graduate design exhibition at London's Bargehouse
World Stage Design 2013 at RWCMD
The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is one of the UK’s
leading drama school. The College was ranked as the top institution
in the UK for drama training by the
Guardian University Guide twice in the last three years, and
the BA (Hons) Design for Performance course received a satisfaction
score of 100% in the 2017 National Student Survey.
Recognised internationally as a centre of excellence in the
field of theatre and performance design, RWCMD boasts an impressive
record of graduate employment and success. A number of recent
graduates have gone on to win the Linbury Prize – the UK’s most
prestigious award for emerging theatre designers – and past
students can be found working with companies such as the Royal
Opera House, Welsh National Opera, the Royal Shakespeare Company,
National Theatre Wales, the National Theatre, the Royal Ballet,
National Dance Company Wales, the BBC and other leading
international TV and film production companies.
Design students are at the centre of College’s creative
community and there are opportunities for them to gain practical
experience working alongside professional directors within the
College’s wide-ranging performance programme, which includes drama,
musical theatre and opera productions.
Cardiff is a thriving centre for the creative industries and the
College has strong links within these industries, giving rise to
various opportunities for design students to gain professional
experience in Cardiff and beyond. Students and graduates have
worked with BBC Wales on flagship dramas including Doctor
Who, Casualty, Sherlock and Being
Human, which are filmed at the BBC Drama Village in Cardiff
Bay, and with companies such as Bay Productions and Cardiff
Theatrical Services, which provide specialist services in set
construction, scenic art and prop making to the opera, theatre,
film and TV industries.
At undergraduate level, the training covers a wide range of
skills including technical drawing, model making, costume
construction, puppetry and prop-making. Postgraduate designers
specialise in either performance (set and costume design), set
design, costume design, costume construction, puppetry, lighting
design, sound design, or scenic art and construction for stage and
screen.
The College’s stunning Linbury Gallery provides the perfect
setting for the annual graduate exhibition, which has been extended
in recent years with a residency at the Bargehouse on London’s
South Bank attended by some of the leading figures in the
industry.
In 2013, the College hosted World Stage Design – a ten-day
exhibition of performance design which attracted more than 12,000
designers, practitioners and other visitors from more than 50
countries. It also hosted Transformation and Revelation,
the exhibition of the Society of British Theatre Designers, in
2012.