Master of Arts in Performance (Creative Producing) Bath Spa University - Newton Park Campus, UK

Want to bring your ideas to life for audiences? Maybe you’re a creative who wants to produce your own work or the work of others, or a theatre maker who wants to build your own company?

Creative producers are vital to the innovation and sustainability of the cultural industries. Our MA in Producing teaches you the core skills you need to get your work to market, helps you develop industry contacts, and expands your industry awareness.

This is a course for producers at all stages of their career. If you’re a new or early career producer, you’ll learn to enhance your creative vision, artistic judgement, and business skills. If you’re an established producer, you’ll reflect on, evaluate, and consolidate your own work.

When you graduate, you’ll be able to develop your career with a strong sense of your own professional identity, more confidence in leading ambitious projects, and a clear sense of where your skills can take you.

During this Creative Producing MA, you’ll build on your current experience and artistic vision, explore your creative ideas and judgement, and develop your entrepreneurial thinking.

We’ll equip you with the practical know-how to get your artistic ideas to audiences and sustain your practice. You’ll expand your professional knowledge, skills and networks in the following areas of creativity and business:

• Leadership of and collaboration with creative and technical teams
• Curation of artistic material
• Project management and planning
• Budgeting and finance management
• Fundraising and funding strategy
• Audience development
• Marketing.

You’ll also learn key cultural contexts that’ll enhance your critical thinking and broaden your understanding of the Arts. This will enable you to:

• Reflect on your practice and develop your expertise
• Analyse current industry debates and policy
• Respond to new market trends and legislation
• Formulate business strategies for your work, including innovation, planning and longevity.