Performing Arts / Creative Industries - Acting, Singing, Dance & Stage
Full Time Courses
- Level 2 BTEC Diploma in Performing Arts: Acting
- Level 2 Diploma in Performing Arts: Dance
- Level 2 Diploma in Performing Arts: Production Arts
- Level 3 A Level Dance
- Level 3 A Level Drama/Theatre Studies
- Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma in Performing Arts: Acting
- Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma in Performing Arts: Dance
- Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma in Performing Arts: Musical Theatre
- Level 4/5 HND Dance
Part Time Courses
Kidderminster College is one of the few colleges in Worcestershire to offer such an extensive range of Performing Arts courses, specialising in Film, Drama, Dance, Music Technology, DJ, Music and Performance skills, plus technical skills such as Music Industry Management, writing, production, costume design, make-up and lighting.
Possible careers
- Choreographer
- Stage Manager
- Music Publisher
- Actor
- Songwriter
- Lighting Technician
Leaners have access to modern performance and dance studios together with professional sound and recording facilities in the town centre campus. Our tutors have professional experience in the performing arts industry and there are strong links with professional practitioners. Leaners take part in regular performances at the College and outside venues.
We are committed to working with professional practitioners to enrich learners' artistic vision and enable them to reach their full potential. Recently professional actors such as Richard Lee-Berke and Daniel Hawthorne have been invited to direct major College productions: this involvement with industry professionals provides an excellent introduction to the world of work.
Ex-Led Zeppelin star, Robert Plant, is patron to the College's independent record label MAS Records. Robert joined forces with his fellow band member, Kevyn Gammond, a music lecturer and course leader at Kidderminster College, to help talented learners to progress in the music industry.
Leaners have provided the support slot for Plant's own gigs, and he donated a previously unreleased song to feature on the first MAS compilation CD.
Most of the output of the MAS label is recorded and produced in the custom-designed and built recording studio. This digital facility is the nerve centre of the Music Technology courses.
For over 20 years we have produced learners of the highest calibre in this ever-expanding field who go on to establish themselves within the business as engineers, producers, artistes and performers in their own right.
Supporting the performance programmes is our Diploma in Production Arts which covers Technical Theatre Studies. This are designed to give learners an excellent opportunity for training in Lighting and Sound techniques, Stage Management and Stage Design, and provide excellent stepping stones into Higher Education and the performance industry.
Creative Industries at Kidderminster College has an impressive record of placing learners either directly into the business or at prestigious universities, drama, dance or music schools, before progressing to challenging and rewarding careers in visual arts, film making and broadcasting.
