MA Creative Producing at Bath Spa University

Are you a theatre maker? Want to start your own theatre company, or bring your creative ideas to a wider audience? This Creative Producing MA is designed to teach you the core skills you need to get your work to market, and help you develop industry contacts.

Creative Producers are in demand more than ever, as they are vital to the innovation and sustainability of the cultural industries. This course is for producers at all stages of their career.

If you’re a new or early career producer, you’ll learn and develop skills to enhance your creative vision, artistic judgement, business skills and acumen. If you’re an established producer, you’ll be able to develop, evaluate and reflect on your own practice. You’ll also expand your artistic and market awareness by gaining insights into innovative artistic practices.

During the MA Creative Producing course, 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 an audience 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 and company management and planning
• Budgeting and finance management
• Fundraising and funding strategy
• Audience development
• Marketing.

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

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

Careers

The course is geared towards giving you the skills you need to develop a freelance career as a Creative Producer.

You’ll also be able to diversify your work by developing skills in other areas. Through the course, you’ll gain transferable skills that are designed to equip you to work in a range of areas including:

• Event and cultural management
• Cultural leading and strategy
• Artistic direction or management
• Leisure and tourism industry
• Fundraising
• Audience development
• Marketing.