Creative Production

Explore imagination’s potential with our practical Creative Production degree.
Produce performances while exploring other topics within the creative arts. This hands-on Creative Production degree will prepare you to work on live events and recorded TV and film.

You can cover subjects like:

• stage management

• production management

• lighting

• set design and props

• costume

• screenwriting

Hands-on learning
Our Creative Production BA is hands on. You’ll:

• build practical skills from day one

• work alongside technicians and designers who teach BA Acting

• experience backstage tours and professional productions.

Make London your classroom
Our campus is located in the green and picturesque London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, so you’ll be able to explore the capital's countless theatres, studios, and archives. We’re also a stone’s throw away from theatres and world-leading studios, such as:

• Twickenham Studios

• Shepperton Studios

• Sky Studios.

Hear from our students
Aikaterini, St Mary's student - "We were always encouraged and fully supported”.

We are:

• Top 5 in Teaching Quality in the UK (The Sunday Times Good University Guide, 2024)

• 1st Academic support in London (National Student Survey, 2024)

Cutting-edge facilities
With our Creative Production course, you’ll access our creative arts facilities, which include:

• rehearsal spaces

• a green-screen tv studio

• sound booths

• media production suites

• a newly-commissioned design room

• a 110-seat theatre.

Work placements: build professional experience
You can complete a work placement to apply your skills to a professional context. Previous students have worked with:

• the Royal Opera House

• Greenwich Theatre

• Theatre Royal Drury Lane

• freelance designers and producers at venues like Polka Theatre and the Tabard Theatre.

Grow through collaboration
You will work closely with other students across programmes to develop your skills, ideas, and confidence. You will also be able to develop a supportive network.

Why St Mary’s?
You will gain skills and support to make a positive impact – for yourself and for others – through high-quality teaching, real-world experience, and a community that lifts each other up. Our campus is a London oasis – blending city energy with open green spaces to think, connect, and grow.

Course Modules

The Design Process, Stage Management, Lighting, Digital Production, Sound, Cultural Studies, Applied Theatre, Costume, Production Management, Industry Placement.

Most of your work will be assessed practically through the application of learnt skills.
You will also be assessed through presentations, live or recorded public events, essays, reports, creative and reflective analyses , portfolios and technical drawings and plans.