Curriculum Information

This module facilitates substantial independent practice research projects. Student projects may be in such areas of theatre, drama and performance as the following: acting, applied drama, devising, directing, dramaturgy, production management, placements or participant-observer roles (in theatres, schools, the cultural / creative industries and so on, whether face-to-face or facilitated remotely) theatre/cultural industries, technical theatre, online performance, outdoor performance, writing for performance and more.
Projects may be collaborative or individual. The course may consolidate projects and / or their delivery depending on student numbers and other delivery considerations. Supervision is normally by project. Students, in agreement with a named supervisor, will agree a field of study and will work, with regular supervisions, towards a major piece of individual practice research. Live play productions may be bundled into a festival in which festival production conditions would be normally observed. Placements are structured through agreed research questions. Applied drama projects for external clients are very welcome. Placements and applied projects with external partners may be conducted face-to-face or remotely, as appropriate to conditions.
For assessment purposes, projects comprise two separate yet complementary elements: practice and critical/reflective writing in form of an extended essay. Careful guidance and support is given to students (either group or individual as appropriate) through workshops, seminars, tutorials and work in progress sessions in which teaching staff have the opportunity to see work at various stages of rehearsal or like processes. Potential ethical issues, depending on the subjects investigated and methodologies employed, will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis by the module leader.