1st December 2022

Following University approval, we have updated this course's core modules, on the 'Modules' tab:

Year One

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Performance Analysis

As part of this module you'll be exposed to theatre and performance in a wide variety of forms. You’ll learn about theories and approaches to performance analysis and will develop your own methods to produce critical responses to artistic work. You’ll complete the module with an understanding of all of the tools that you might need to ‘read’, respond and write about theatre and performance.

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Ways of Seeing

This module has two primary aims. The first is to introduce and train you in some core skills necessary for undertaking undergraduate study in theatre and performance studies: critical, interpersonal, embodied. The second aim is to introduce you to the practice of critical analysis. Together we will explore how and why one might read cultural works and everyday life. In this sense we will ask how meaning is made, shared, and distributed. What do things mean? How do we know what they mean? And how do I know that you mean what I mean when we talk together about what something means? In short, we will reflect on acts of interpretation and what is at stake when we talk about art.

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Year Two

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Inter-Performance

Part practical and part theoretical, this module works to explore the intersections between Theatre and Performance Studies and other disciplines. You’ll ask how we do interdisciplinary research and how findings can be shared with audiences through practice. Lecturers draw on their own current research projects as material to teach the module, so its content changes each year. We begin by considering these intersections through lecture-seminars, via discussion and some practice. We then shift into innovative practice-based work that culminates in a practical realisation of a specific issue or enquiry in which performance intersects with another discipline.

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Ways of Doing

Ways of Doing aims to develop your critically creative thinking, writing, and practice, in dialogue with real-world issues. Throughout the module you’ll engage with different world issues and different types of performance, alongside the different methods which draw them together.

The module seeks to show you new ways of doing research and practice to help you think about the real-world applicability of your work. It will ask you how you want to intervene in the world. You’ll be invited to share your ideas, in response to the module material, and to experiment with them in guided workshops.

Ways of Doing will also prepare you for your third-year independent research project which will take the form of either a practice-based or a written dissertation. The assessments will challenge you as research-practitioners to think critically about how you want to work. What do you want to say? What forms and methods will help you do this? And, critically, why?

Read more about the Ways of Doing moduleLink opens in a new window, including the methods of teaching and assessment (content applies to 2022/23 year of study).

In addition, we have amended the typical contact hours information for this course, on the ‘Teaching’ tab:

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A typical week

In your first year, a typical week may look like this:

Monday

• Theatre and Performance in Context Lecture (1.5 hours)

Tuesday

• Contemporary Performance Practices Studio-Based Workshop (6 hours)
• Performance Analysis Lecture (1.5 Hours)

Wednesday

• Your Toolkit module (4 hours)

Thursday

• Performance Analysis Seminar (1.5 Hours)

Friday

• Theatre and Performance in Context Seminar (1.5 hours)

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A typical week

In your first year, a typical week may look like this:

Monday

• Theatre and Performance in Context Lecture (1 hour)
• Ways of Seeing Seminar (2 hours)

Tuesday

• Contemporary Performance Practices Studio-Based Workshop (5 hours)

Wednesday

• Ways of Seeing Lecture (1 hour)

Thursday

• Independent Study

Friday

• Theatre and Performance in Context Seminar (1.5 hours)

22nd September 2022

We have updated the class size information for this course, on the ‘Teaching’ tab:

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Class sizes

Each year we aim for a cohort size of around 40 students. This allows each year-group to work as a cohesive ensemble throughout their three years, enabling them to confidently share ideas, debate and experiment. Our boutique nature also means that we have an excellent staff to student ratio, allowing staff to have a close investment in you, your work and your aspirations.

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Class sizes

Each year we aim for a cohort size of around 40-50 students. This allows each year-group to work as a cohesive ensemble throughout their three years, enabling them to confidently share ideas, debate and experiment. We have an excellent staff to student ratio, allowing staff to have a close investment in you, your work and your aspirations.

4 August 2022

Following University approval, we have made changes to the IB standard and contextual offers for this course on the ‘Entry requirements’ tab:

Current

IB typical offer

34

IB contextual offer

We welcome applications from candidates who meet the contextual eligibility criteria and whose predicted grades are close to, or slightly below, the contextual offer level. The typical contextual offer is 32. See if you’re eligible.

Revised

IB typical offer

32

IB contextual offer

We welcome applications from candidates who meet the contextual eligibility criteria and whose predicted grades are close to, or slightly below, the contextual offer level. The typical contextual offer is 30. See if you’re eligible.