MA Performance Design at University of Leeds

The MA Performance Design explores scenography and performance-making, including immersive and participatory performance design, design-led performance, audience experience and contemporary spectatorship. Students experiment with space, light, sound, costume and digital media, including virtual and mixed reality, using specialist facilities.

Department: School of Performance and Cultural Industries  |  Duration: 12 months full time; 24 months part time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Leeds, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Compulsory modules are Performance Design Praxis (60 credits), Independent Research Project (60 credits) and Critical Concepts in Performance Design (30 credits). Options include Performance and Collaborative Enterprise, Digital and Intermedial Storytelling and The Costumed Body: Performance, Performativity and Politics.

Career pathways

Prepares graduates to work as designers or directors in theatre, live performance, festivals or events, to create their own performance companies, work in community arts, or in museums, heritage, tourism experiences, gaming and XR, as well as cultural-sector administration, marketing and management.

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