DRAM40430 Theatre Practice 1 (GSA)

Academic Year 2021/2022

This module invites students to engage with methods of theatre devising and performance making. In this experiential module students research methods of generating ideas for development towards performance as makers, directors and performers. The emphasis is on collaboration, and students are taught a range of methods to create physical, verbal and visual texts. The work created in each class is researched and developed using techniques of deconstruction and layering while examining the languages and sign systems of theatre. Throughout the module students research and test theories on the making and reception of performance narratives. The work in studio practice starts with physical and visual material generated from a variety of stimuli for use in the construction of small theatre pieces.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of the modules students will be equipped to:

Apply skills in devising theatre and performance
Create theatre and performance using collaborative practices
Engage with the roles of performer, theatre maker, and director
Research and test how physical, verbal, and visual stimuli can generate ideas for the creation of performance
Critically analyse theoretical debates of audience and reception

Indicative Module Content:

THEATRE PRACTICE 1
Titles of week by week classes:

Ensemble and the Empty Space
Solo and Group Etudes
Imagination and Story Making
Strategies and Source Material for creating and making
Directorial Analysis of the work in progress
Objectivity and Critical Decision Making
Layering the Visual, Physical and Vocal texts
Adapting literature for the stage -class one
Adapting literature for the stage – class two
Practical assignments preparation and feedback
Practical assignments assessments


Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Practical

24
Autonomous Student Learning

176
Total

200
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Students are introduced to methods of theatre practice. Learning is experiential, task-orientated, based on ongoing creation of small works of performance. Students work in group settings and discursive analytical fora are established at the end of each class. Feedback operates on a continuous basis from the module leader. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Essay: Essay Report Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded No

40
Presentation: Performance Presentation Week 12 n/a Graded No

30
Continuous Assessment: Contribution in class and Learning Journal Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

30

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback is offered on-going at the end of class in group and individual settings. Feedback is offered in weeks 10-11 in preparation for in-class Assessment in Week 12. Feedback is scheduled formally in the post-assessment period.

Name Role
Ms Antoinette Duffy Lecturer / Co-Lecturer