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Careers Stage Managers and Technicians: Scenic Construction

Scenic Construction graduates work happily with timber and metal; they make sets for stage, video and television productions and can find themselves running their own scenic construction workshops.

Any training in this area involves working with stage machinery, from basic hemp flying and counterweight flying to construction techniques for a variety of media. Master carpenters are often the most valued people in the theatre — the best know what is safe and what is not, they know what won't work in terms of staging and they can translate the designer's modelbox into the real thing.

Guildhall School of Music & Drama