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Live Entertainment Design and Production

Our program provides students with the skills necessary to pursue a career in the behind-the-scenes aspects of live entertainment, events and performing arts industries.

About the program

Although our primary focus is theatre training, the skills acquired in our program can lead to many allied areas of the industry. In addition to theatre, graduates find work in television, cinema, video production, motion capture work for video games and virtual media, the cruise ship industry, corporate and sporting events, retail design, fashion companies as well as with such organizations as The Walt Disney Company and Cirque du Soleil. Graduates can also continue their education at university or conservatories to further specialize in related fields.

Condition of admission

Before applying to a program leading to a Diploma of College Studies (DCS), applicants who studied in Québec must meet the following three requirements:

The applicant must have a Secondary School Diploma and be in one of the following situations:

The applicant has a Secondary School Diploma (SSD)*

NOTE: a SSD holder that has not passed the following courses may be required to complete remedial courses:

Secondary 5 Language of Instruction

Secondary 5 Second Language

Secondary 4 Mathematics

Secondary 4 Science and Technology or Secondary 4 Applied Science and Technology or Secondary 4 Physical Science

Secondary 4 History and Citizenship Education or Secondary 4 History of Quebec and Canada

The applicant holds a Diploma of Vocational Studies (DVS) and has successfully completed the following subjects*:

Secondary 5 Language of Instruction

Secondary 5 Second Language

Secondary 4 Mathematics

The applicant has training deemed equivalent by the College.

The applicant has training and experience deemed sufficient by the College and has interrupted full time studies for at least 24 months.

The applicant satisfies, if applicable, the special conditions for admission established by the Minister which specify the program prerequisites*.

The applicant satisfies, if applicable, any special conditions for admission established by the College for each of its programs.

*If the applicant is enrolled in school and completing his or her secondary studies at the time of application, the grades sent by the school must demonstrate that the applicant is passing in all the courses required to complete the SSD and required to fulfill the admission requirements.

Available in 2 institutions

3 years

Technical Program

Establishments offering this program

John Abbott College

English

Student apartments available

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