Course Modules

This module aims to explore the relationships between theatre and politics, alongside the idea of theatre as politics post-Brecht. You will be introduced to a number of artists and theorists exploring political ways of thinking about theatre and political approaches […]

This module explores the process of the adaptation of materials from a source text to theatre performance. The development of both a conceptually informed directing process is set alongside the employment of a breadth of devising skills. The research involved

This module gives you the opportunity to plan and deliver a devised community production or arts-based workshop for/with a community client group.

This module introduces you to a professional practice environment – the creative and cultural industries. You will discover how to take work into public and professional venues, platforms, festivals and events; regionally, nationally and internationally, post-graduation. This module provides the

This module allows you to explore directing short plays with a small cast. You will conduct extensive research into the text itself and previous adaptations to inform your directorial visual and delivery of the final performance.

This module develops your practical skills and critical understanding of documenting performance. Initially, you will analyse and discuss the problems and possibilities of documentation practices from a wide variety of Performance disciplines.

This module explores the crossovers and intersections between visual art and contemporary performance, as you explore the performativity of different materials and the connection of materiality to the performance encounter. As part of this process, you will create an original

This module enables you to produce an original performance text through the acquisition of playwriting and dramaturgical skills by means of a systematic exploration of traditional plays and post-dramatic theatre texts.

This module interrogates the changing theoretical models and perspectives of the period that is often categorised as ‘modernist’. You will explore, examine and debate the historical, social, cultural and theoretical influence of modernism, its challenge to traditional structures, forms and

This module introduces you to a number of examples of innovative contemporary theatre directors and practitioners in the UK and abroad. It will introduce a wide range of practices for working with actors and performers, offering theoretical and practical classes