Stage management
Stage management is an artistic bachelor’s programme within the field of performing arts production, where you train for the role as stage manager.
As stage manager, you are responsible for coordinating and leading the entire rehearsal and performance process. You act as the link between the director, actors, technicians, and other departments, ensuring that communication flows smoothly. During performances, you make sure that everything from scene changes to technical cues runs precisely according to plan, and you maintain oversight of practical frameworks and safety.
In the programme, you learn to plan and manage the rehearsal process and develop your collaboration and communication skills. You also gain a basic technical understanding and general knowledge of materials, enabling you to communicate with and coordinate between the different professional areas involved in a production.
You must be able to thrive with responsibility and make quick decisions. As a production manager, you need a sense for both planning and execution, as well as the ability to identify solutions in the moment. You should be curious about cross-disciplinary collaboration in artistic development processes and your own role within them.
Teaching alternates between practice-based instruction, theoretical method training, and project work. You acquire new practical skills and learn to reflect on your own practice and use analytical methods as a foundation for your work. Throughout the programme, your professional competencies and knowledge are put into play through collaborations with students from other programmes—such as exercises, smaller projects, and larger productions.
The programme in stage management is within the field of performing arts production. Read more about the field here.
Employment
Graduates from the production management programme are typically employed to handle tasks within project and production/stage management. Most graduates continue to work in theatres or related areas within the cultural sector. As a production manager, you may hold a permanent position at a theatre, but freelance work and employment for specific productions or projects are also common.
Admission
Students are admitted once a year. Note that the application deadline typically falls already in December of the year before the programme begins. All students are admitted based on an entrance exam, where a selection committee evaluates applicants according to a number of criteria.
Read more in the application guide.
