DRA124
Making Theatre and Performance
Level 4 (30 credits)
In Making Theatre and Performance you?ll work in a company, led by a tutor, to explore the performance-making strategies of a select practitioner, company and/or practice. We will investigate these strategies through research that is both text-based (reading, viewing, etc.) and practice based. You will develop select key practical skills to work in the mode of the practitioner, company and/or practice studied, adopting and critically adapting the theatre and performance-making strategies studied.
Preparing for this Module and Approximate Costs
There is no advance preparation for this module.
Students taking this module should anticipate going to see one performance with tickets costing approximately £30.
Why take Making Theatre and Performance
?
In this module, students have the opportunity to work together in a company, to explore the performance-making strategies of a particular practitioner, company and/or practice.
We will investigate these strategies through research that is both text-based (reading, viewing, etc.) and practice based.
| Learning Context |
Practice-based |
| Semester |
One |
| Assessment |
- Group Presentation, 20%
- Group Performance Project, 60%
- Essay, 20%
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| Mode of reassessment |
Standard |
| Contact |
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There is some content covered on the programme that you may find challenging and sensitive. We do not issue content notes for individual texts (written, performance, visual, sonic etc.), but please do contact your module tutor and/or convenor and/or adviser if you have concerns or problems relating any of the content, themes or discussions.
