Module content is likely to include genres, practices and practitioners; the role of the performer;
forms and function of performance; solo artists; group works; performance and landscape; performance and architecture; aural environments; visual environments; `virtual? environments

Indicative sessions might include:
1. Genres, practices and practitioners
2. Performance 1: the collapse of character and the role of the performer
3. Performance 2: new narratives and the form and function of performance
4. Performance 3: solo performers
5. Performance 4: group works
6. Context 1: performance and landscape
7. Context 2: performance and architecture
8. Context 3: the aural environment
9. Context 4: the visual environment
10. Context 5: the 'virtual' environment


There will also be 3 x 2 hours physical and vocal training sessions per week, one staff-led and two student-led to further examine notions introduced in the lecture/presentations.

This is an academic module with practical elements that examines the emergent field of post-dramatic theatre within which notions such as character, motive, plot and narrative development are brought into question.
Close attention is paid to contemporary British, American and European manifestations particularly in the field of mediated performance.

The aim of this module is:
a) to explore the emergence of post-dramatic theatre forms
b) to examine in-depth the work of a number of paradigmatic practitioners and companies in developing a series of critical approaches
c) to enable students to distinguish, appreciate and evaluate aesthetic distinctiveness in the field of post-dramatic theatre
d) to encourage practical initiatives in the presentation of intellectual argument through performative means