MA/MFA Creative Practice - Producing
Validated by the University of East Anglia
Application Deadline: Jul 3 2026 at 9:00AM
2026/27 Course Fees
Interview fee : £20UK/ROI students (Year 1) : £13,600
UK/ROI students (MFA Year 2) : £10,850
International students (Year 1) : £19,830
International students (MFA Year 2) : £10,850
Explore the course:
Course Overview
Study an intensive, practical course covering the skills required to be a successful arts producer. The course offers opportunities for you to develop your individual strengths and flair, whilst undertaking tasks typically found in the professional world.
Develop a robust and practical understanding of producing, in both the commercial and not-for-profit sectors. Expand your understanding and critical awareness of current practices, through engagement with leading industry practitioners and academics. Engage with modes of collaboration, critical contexts and structures of dramatic writing in modules shared with Directing and Dramatic Writing students, offering opportunities to forge creative partnerships. Graduate career-ready, with the knowledge, skills and competencies to pursue a role in creative producing.
This course is newly designed to cultivate multi-hyphenate practitioners who can meet the demands of the twenty-first century creative industries. We aim to equip graduates for rewarding and sustained artistic careers.
This is a full-time course, requiring a commitment of five days per week, over three terms. All modules are compulsory. Learning and teaching modes include:
- Tutorials
- Seminars
- Workshops
- Work-based learning
- Independent study
This course of study culminates in a public facing postgraduate festival of new work.
Course Content
Critical Contexts
Creative Enterprise
Structures of Dramatic Writing
Developing Professional Practice – Producing
Foundations: Technique
Practical Producing: Subsidised
Practical Producing: Commercial
Developing An Approach
Producing Project Pitch
Professional Practice Portfolio
Collaboration
Postgraduate Festival
Reflexive Practitioner
The option to undertake an MFA is available through a second year of study. MFA modules are designed to deepen student knowledge and skills as a practitioner through pedagogy laboratories and independent practice and research. Building on skills and knowledge developed in the first year, year two of the MFA places an emphasis on independence and developing individual practice, teaching and learning. This second year can largely be undertaken as distance learning, with MFA students required to attend Mountview in-person at specific scheduled moments, for teaching labs and the performing research event.
MFA Modules:
Advanced Praxis
Critical Pedagogies
Full Module Specifications document: MA-MFA Creative Practice (2025) – Module Specifications
Course Dates
2025/26 Term Dates
Autumn term 8 September – 12 December 2025
Spring term 5 January – 2 April 2026
Summer term 20 April – 10 August 2026
2026/27 Term Dates
Autumn term 7 September – 13 December 2026
Spring term 4 January – 25 March 2027
Summer term 12 April – 16 July 2027
Graduates
100% of graduates have already gone on to work professionally in the UK and internationally.
Alum destinations reflect the diversity of interests of the students and include Barrel Organ Theatre, Breach Theatre, Camden Fringe, Camden People’s Theatre, Capcom, Cloudburst Productions Ltd, Creative Youth, Crossroads Live, Edinburgh Fringe, EUSOG, Global Musical, Guardian, GWB Entertainment, Improbable, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres, New Diorama, Paper Creatures, Paines Plough, Pleasance, Prague Fringe, Pulse Arts Management, Selladoor Worldwide, Theatre Deli, Turtle Key Arts, Wildpark Entertainment
Many other graduates have gone on to devise and develop their own projects and launch new theatre companies such as Cynyrchiadau Onnen Productions Ltd, Excellence Theatre, El Gordo Theatre Company, Lagahoo Productions, Lyle Productions, Mich Mash Theatre, PC-J Entertainment, Rifco Theatre company, To Entertain, and Verghese Productions.
Entry Information
Admission onto the course is by interview. Applicants must be aged 21 years or over at the start of the course. Students who do not hold an undergraduate degree will need to undertake an access assignment to establish suitability for undertaking the MA.
If an applicant requires a student visa and their first language is not English, they will need to prove their knowledge of the English language before applying for their student visa. This must be demonstrated by passing a Secure English Language Test (SELT) from an approved provider or having a GCSE, A level, Scottish National Qualification level 4 or 5, Scottish Higher or Advanced Higher in English, gained through study at a UK school that they began when they were under 18.
Mountview welcomes applications from people with disabilities and is keen to support all applicants to achieve their best. If applicants have any special requirements or access needs, these should be discussed with the course leader/administrator.
Mountview is committed to a comprehensive policy of equal opportunities for students in which individuals are selected and treated on the basis of their relevant merits and abilities. No applicant will receive less or more favourable treatment on grounds of sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnic origin, disability, religion and marital/parental status or any comparable grounds.
Upon offer, students must be sure that they are prepared to engage with a wide range of material that may challenge their personal ethical, religious, spiritual or moral beliefs, and present it in a wide range of settings.
Fees
| Interview fee | £20 |
| UK/ROI students (Year 1) | £13,600 |
| UK/ROI students (MFA Year 2) | £10,850 |
| International students (Year 1) | £19,830 |
| International students (MFA Year 2) | £10,850 |
All fees shown are for 2026/27 entry. Fees are subject to annual review. One term’s notice will be given of any increases.
Funding and ScholarshipsInterview Information
You will be asked to submit a portfolio, further details of which you can find on the Auditions and Interviews link below. Following your portfolio submission, you will be notified by the Admissions team if you have been shortlisted for an interview with the course leader, which will be held at Mountview.
For international candidates and those with exceptional circumstances, the option of an online interview is available.
Please be aware that due to the limited amount of places available, this course may become full before June and in this event applications will close early. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.
Staff
The Creative Practice teaching team is led by Hamish Pirie and Dawn Ingleson as Joint Course Leaders, alongside Roy Williams as Distinguished Visiting Artist. Dawn worked extensively at the National Theatre as a creative producer and has also taught at LSBU, while Hamish’s directing credits include work at the Royal Court, Donmar Warehouse, Paines Plough and Traverse Theatre. Roy is a multi-award winning writer whose credits include Death of England: The Plays (National Theatre), The Lonely Londoners (Kiln and Jermyn Street Theatre) and Sucker Punch (Royal Court, Olivier Award nomination).
