Hair, Make-up and Prosthetics for Performance BA (Hons)

University of the Arts London

BA (Hons) Hair, Make-up and Prosthetics for Performance will help you to succeed as a hair, make-up and prosthetics artist, working to support and transform performance. This includes designing for theatre, film, music and television, as well as more specialised performances, such as circus and carnival. The course offers teaching by industry practitioners and work placement opportunities. You will also have access to our excellent workshops.

BA (Hons) Hair, Make-up and Prosthetics for Performance integrates the demands of interpreting a performance with specialised design and craft skills. You will explore cultural and historical contexts of the subject and so enhance the design and realisation of you practical work.On this course you will work with students from the related disciplines of costume and 3D effects. You will have the opportunity to do a short work placement in the industry and to complete several industry-facing projects within the course.London College of Fashion (LCF) undergraduate courses develop your personal and professional skills. On this course you will develop skills in your discipline until you are an independent creative thinker. Your skills will make you capable of making an effective contribution to this sector of the fashion industry. We embed Personal and Professional Development (PPD) skills in all units on every course. Speaker programmes with contributions from alumni and members of industry are a part of many courses. We encourage graduates who wish to continue their education at postgraduate level to progress to suitable courses within the College, the University or elsewhere.Many graduates prefer to seek employment as soon as they have completed their undergraduate studies. Recent graduates have been employed on the Harry Potter films, Slum Dog Millionaire, Jane Eyre, War Horse and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. TV productions include Luther, Secret Diary of a Call Girl and The Hour. Our graduates are also working at the Royal Opera House, the English National Opera and the National Theatre.This course is based in Lime Grove in Shepherd's Bush, which is west of Holland Park and Notting Hill. Tucked away in a quiet street our Lime Grove campus is a beautiful brick building with rustic windows and high ceilings. Nearby Portobello Road market is the world’s largest antiques market and adjacent Shepherd’s Bush Market is full of vibrant fabrics, fresh produce, furniture and falafel. Make-up, prosthetics and photography facilities can be found at Lime Grove, along with media labs.

London College of Fashion, UAL, has been nurturing creative talent for over a century, offering courses in all things fashion. We nurture every student’s distinctive voice, teaching them how to challenge and define the future of fashion through cutting-edge media approaches across all channels: broadcast, print, digital, interactive, experiential – and experimental. Through teaching, specialist research, and collaborative work, we empower our students to think differently, using fashion to examine the past, build a sustainable future, and improve the way we live.