City College showcase talent
Dozens of students. Hundreds of hours. One show.
On Tuesday, City College’s School of Creative Arts students have good reason to be nervous. Their job: to produce and perform a live show at Norwich’s Epic studios. It’s taken weeks of careful planning, choreography and design. It’ll be broadcast online, as well as in front of an audience of future employers.
The show has drawn on skills from across the creative arts department.
- Posters and publicity were designed by Graphics students,
- Media students produced the video trailer and will be recording the show on the night
- Technical Theatre students will stage manage and design sound and lighting
- Photography students will capture images from the show
- Hair and Beauty students are in charge of hair and make up for the performers
- Hotel School students will provide the catering
- The Catwalk show will feature clothing designed and created by Textiles students
- And dance students will perform on stage, backed by singers and musicians.
The college’s lecturers will be taking a back seat on the night, handing the reins over to the students for one night, of two performances to over five hundred in the audience.
The show is a celebration of City College becoming a Founder College of the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural Skills (NSA). There are only twenty such colleges in the country. NSA is is a network of creative and cultural employers, colleges and other organisations working to develop, improve and recognise the skills of people working in the sector.
The college has started to offer Creative Apprenticeships in six different areas: Live Events and Promotion, the Music Business (Recording Industry), Technical Theatre (Rigging, Lighting and Sound), Costume and Wardrobe, Cultural and Heritage Venue Operations and Community Arts Management. They hope future employers may consider taking on an apprentice, after seeing the performance. The show can viewed online on the night.
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