Introduction:


Sarah Paulley created the Summer School in Theatre Design 10 years ago to offer an introduction to the skills, techniques and career structure of ‘Theatre Design’.

Intended to fill a gap in creative education in Scotland, it is aimed at recent graduates and young practitioners from a wide range of related disciplines who want to find out if Production Design or Scenography (as it is sometimes called), could be a career path that would appeal to them in the future.

Over 150 participants have taken the course:
They have included architects, actors, animators, textile designers, interior designers, graphic artists, fine artists, writers and directors. Many have gone on to work in designing and making within the theatre and film industries, or to more intensive postgraduate design courses, such as Motley and Bristol Old Vic.

While theatre itself may be a very specialist world the entertainment industry uses designers from films to theme parks, games and events, and theatre design skills are extremely transferable.