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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Technical Theatre and Stage Management
UCEN Manchester
Entry requirements
Here's what you will need to get a place on the Technical Theatre and Stage Management course at UCEN Manchester.
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Course summary
What this course is about
UCAS code: W443
Here's what UCEN Manchester says about its Technical Theatre and Stage Management course.
This course is designed to equip students with the skills needed to pursue roles in the technical theatre and stage management industry. The course offers a high degree of practical experience to take students through the various grades of technical theatre and stage management with the ultimate goal of students entering the profession after completion. Upon completion of the programme students will have a considerable amount of experience working on our vast output of public performances with professional directors; students will also have a sizeable portfolio of work which will help them to gain employment. Students will study a broad range of areas before moving into an area for specialism. This will be facilitated by a core team of technical professionals and a wider range of industry freelancers. This will help to create relationships for future employment in the sector.
The course structure is as follows:
Level 4 – Skills: Technical This level involves the consolidation of current skills, identifying knowledge gaps, and the acquisition of new skills, ensuring a level playing field of technical skill amongst students on the programme.
Level 5 – Challenges: Operation and Design
Students will be introduced to the principles of design and begin to specialise in their selected fields. They will have opportunities to lead a team and they will apply the skills learnt in Level 4 to a variety of live production scenarios.
Level 6 – Professional: Specialism and Employability
In their final year students choose to specialise in their chosen field. The two typical discipline strands in the sector are Operation and Design, or Stage Management and Operation. Students have the opportunity to specialise in a particular operative discipline in the module ‘Major Project’, develop themselves professionally via work-based learning in the module ‘Professional Development’, and work on a production management and design project to create a full-scale production concept from scratch.
Source: UCEN Manchester
Course details
Qualification
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Department
The Arden School of Theatre
Location
City Campus Manchester | Manchester
Duration
3 Years
Study mode
Full-time
Subjects
• Technical stage management
Start date
September 2026
Application deadline
14 January 2026
Tuition fees
| Location | Fees |
|---|---|
| England | £9,535 per year |
| Scotland | £9,535 per year |
| Wales | £9,535 per year |
| Northern Ireland | £9,535 per year |
UCEN Manchester student reviews
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National Student Survey (NSS) scores at UCEN Manchester
The NSS is an annual survey where final-year students are asked to rate different aspects of their course and university experience.
Here you can see ratings from UCEN Manchester students who took the Technical Theatre and Stage Management course - or another course in the same subject area.
Select an option to see a detailed breakdown
Teaching on my course
97%
high
Teaching on my course
97%
high
How often does your course challenge you to achieve your best work?
98%
high
How good are teaching staff at explaining things?
97%
med
How often do teaching staff make the subject engaging?
99%
med
How often is the course intellectually stimulating?
94%
med
Learning opportunities
93%
high
Learning opportunities
93%
high
To what extent have you had the chance to bring together information and ideas from different topics?
90%
med
How well does your course introduce subjects and skills in a way that builds on what you have already learned?
97%
high
How well has your course developed your knowledge and skills that you think you will need for your future?
95%
med
To what extent have you had the chance to explore ideas and concepts in depth?
95%
high
To what extent does your course have the right balance of directed and independent study?
88%
med
Assessment and feedback
86%
med
Assessment and feedback
86%
med
How well have assessments allowed you to demonstrate what you have learned?
92%
med
How fair has the marking and assessment been on your course?
89%
med
How often does feedback help you to improve your work?
91%
high
How often have you received assessment feedback on time?
70%
med
How clear were the marking criteria used to assess your work?
89%
high
Academic support
94%
med
Academic support
94%
med
How easy was it to contact teaching staff when you needed to?
95%
med
How well have teaching staff supported your learning?
93%
med
Organisation and management
78%
med
Organisation and management
78%
med
How well were any changes to teaching on your course communicated?
81%
high
How well organised is your course?
75%
med
Learning resources
77%
med
Learning resources
77%
med
How well have the IT resources and facilities supported your learning?
71%
med
How well have the library resources (e.g., books, online services and learning spaces) supported your learning?
82%
low
How easy is it to access subject specific resources (e.g., equipment, facilities, software) when you need them?
76%
med
Student voice
84%
med
Student voice
84%
med
How clear is it that students' feedback on the course is acted on?
73%
med
To what extent do you get the right opportunities to give feedback on your course?
88%
med
To what extent are students' opinions about the course valued by staff?
90%
high
How well does the students' union (association or guild) represent students' academic interests?
76%
med
Other NSS questions
Other NSS questions
During your studies, how free did you feel to express your ideas, opinions, and beliefs?
88%
med
How well communicated was information about your university/college's mental wellbeing support services?
81%
med
Student information
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Graduate prospects
What graduates do next
Facts and figures about UCEN Manchester graduates who took Technical Theatre and Stage Management - or another course in the same subject area.
Graduate statistics
15%
In a job where degree was essential or beneficial
80%
In work, study or other activity
55%
Say it fits with future plans
15%
Are utilising studies
Top job areas
45%
Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations
25%
Sales occupations
5%
Caring personal services
5%
Customer service occupations
Graduate statistics percentages are determined 15 months after a student graduates
Earnings after graduation
Earnings from UCEN Manchester graduates who took Technical Theatre and Stage Management - or another course in the same subject area.
Earnings
£17.9k
First year after graduation
£20.4k
Third year after graduation
£23k
Fifth year after graduation
Shown here are the median earnings of graduates at one, three and five years after they completed a course related to Technical Theatre and Stage Management.
Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree
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