DRM0830 - PRACTICAL THEATRE

Module Identifier

DRM0830

Module Title

PRACTICAL THEATRE

Academic Year

2007/2008

Co-ordinator

Professor Richard Gough

Semester

Semester 2

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment Length/Details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	Written work: one 2000-word reflective and analytical report on each workshop. Submission: one week after the end of the module	30%
Semester Assessment	Practical work: The Practical Module will consist of between 180 and 200 contact hours of practical work and full attendance and contribution is expected in order to reach the learning outcomes of this module. Assessment is made by a process of continual appraisement throughout each individual workshop and across the entire module.	70%
Supplementary Assessment	Full resit of all components

Learning outcomes

On completion of this module, students should be able to cogently integrate the knowledge acquired during the theoretical part of their MA course with relevant and related practical work.

Aims

The aim of this module is:

By closely developing the previous modules and integrating theory and practice, this series of practical explorations will consider performance as a means of transferring academic investigation into an experimental mode of research.
It will allow students to tests the disciplines and concepts of world theatre encountered during the course.

Content

Students will be required to participate in a series of practical workshops and master classes (CPR Summer Academy) and investigate the theoretical concepts explored in the previous modules. These practical explorations will be directed and supervised by a performance practitioner and/or performance researcher of international repute. This module will allow students to test the disciplines and concepts of world theatre encountered during the course.

Reading Lists

Books
** Essential Reading
Dependent upon the course contents

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 7