RA3D24 - Management Project 01 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: RA3D24
Module Title: Management Project
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Music and Drama
Faculty Sub Group: Drama
Module Leader: Matthew Gough
Module Team: Matthew Davies, Sian Summers
First Intended Intake: SEP 2022 Final Year of Intake: 2027
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 40 Credit Level: 6
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100069 - drama
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2022
Valid To 31 Aug 2028

Module Aims

Successfully deliver professional level production work as a project lead.

Deliver a public facing event, that has been researched, designed, and delivered with an active consideration of current concerns in creative and cultural practice.

Encourage creative, technical, and conceptual innovation in performance production and management.

Content Summary

Students will design and deliver an event that uses practice-based research to explore a current discourse in performance productions and management. Drawing on their experiences of work-based learning, and practice-based learning/research the students will demonstrate their research skills, and critical/creative perspectives, The module is effectively the student's dissertation and with be supported through the supervision/mentoring of two staff members.

This module contains a six-week immersive learning element.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 4
Seminar 12
Tutorial 6
Project supervision 12
Practical classes and workshops 24
Independent Study 170
Directed Study 120
Formative Assessment - Scheduled 2
Formative Assessment - Independent 2
Problem / challenge based learning 48
Total Hours Selected 400

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Apply skills, knowledge, and a critical awareness of appropriate practice to the design and delivery of a production project.
LO2 Demonstrate initiative, enterprise, innovation, and autonomy in production practice.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Project Output 1 Design and deliver a public facing event that seeks to explore an aspect of performance production or management through practice-based research. You should prepare a proposal that identifies the aims and objectives to your project. Discuss the potential outcomes of the proposal with module staff. Design, develop, and deliver an hour long event, that is attended by the public. 60 N/A 70 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Practical Written Work 1 Undertake a critical evaluation of your research process, and the efficacy the resulting production 0 4000 30 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Project Output 1
Practical Written Work 1

Reading List

Byrnes, W. and A. Brkic. (2021). The Routledge Companion to Arts Management. Routledge: London and New York.

Bonds Jr., R., M. Cominis and M. Ramont. (2022). Production Collaboration in the Theatre: Guiding Principles. Routledge: London and New York.

Dionene, R. (2018). Project Planning for the Stage: Tools and Techniques for Managing Extraordinary Performances. SIU Press: Carbondale, Illinois.

Gillett, C. and J. Sheehan. (2017). The Production Manager's Toolkit: Successful Production Management in Theatre and Performing Arts. Routledge: London and New York.

Rhine, A. (2018). Theatre Management: Arts Leadership for the 21st Century. Red Globe Press: London.

Sutherland-Cohen, R. (2018). Introduction to Production: Creating Theatre Onstage, Backstage, & Offstage. Routledge: London and New York.