BA (Hons) Drama, Applied Theatre and Performance

In this module you will establish and develop and evaluate specialised disciplinary skills associated with your particular disciplinary pathway:

• BA Dance: Urban Practice
• BA Performing Arts
• BA Drama and Applied Theatre in Performance

Each pathway will develop core skills separately, with opportunities to apply these in collaborative projects, working together with students from other pathways. Projects will provide a context for collaboration and result in the performance and production of work to internal audiences, with opportunities for pubic presentation towards the end of the year.

In this module you will collaborate with students from other disciplines in creative projects that model professional practice.

You will apply disciplinary skills associated with your particular programme pathway, through creative collaboration. You will also develop understanding of the context of your work. You will carry out roles within your collaboration that reflect professional practice.

Collaboration activities assessed in this module will develop a final creative output, which might include a public performance, production, composition or installation for example, presented and assessed within the overall project.

In this module you will extend, develop and evaluate specialised disciplinary skills associated with your particular disciplinary pathway:

• BA Dance: Urban Practice
• BA Performing Arts
• BA Drama and Applied Theatre in Performance

Each pathway will continue to develop and extend core skills separately, with opportunities to apply these in collaborative projects, working together with students from other pathways. Projects will provide a context for collaboration and result in the performance and production of work to internal audiences, with opportunities for pubic presentation towards the end of the year.

In this module you will collaborate with students from other disciplines in creative projects that model professional practice.

You will develop and apply specialised disciplinary skills associated with your particular programme pathway, and further develop skills in creative collaboration with other disciplines, project management and production. You will also develop understanding and insight into the context of your work. You will carry out and evaluate roles within your collaboration that reflect professional practice.

Collaboration activities assessed in this module will develop a final creative output, which might include a public performance, production, composition or installation for example, presented and assessed within the overall project.

Developing the key psychological and physical determinants of human performance are increasingly critical for successful graduate-level employment, entrepreneurship and career progression in the 4th industrial revolution.

This module will provide students with the opportunity to identify the skills, competencies and experience required for successful development to, and in, a range of potential future career areas.

Students will begin to recognise the areas for their own personal professional development (including emotional, social, physical, cultural and cognitive intelligences) through taught and workshop activity.

Central to the developmental process is for each student to cultivate the reflective skills, openness and self-awareness to enable themselves to assess what they are doing, identify areas for improvement, and confidently receive and give constructive feedback. Students will additionally develop knowledge of strategies to advance their own physical intelligence through ‘life style’ and ‘self-care’ approaches to inform their health and wellbeing.

Having developed skills in the key developmental areas of competency, students will participate in FUEL, a performance and production events microbusiness for the performing and creative arts, as defined by project briefs.

Students will be mentored and supervised by students from higher years. In this position they will learn and begin to apply the cognitive, cultural and social intelligences developed elsewhere in their studies (and from external activities) as required in the workplace, namely cognitive flexibility, emotional resilience, motivation, ethical decision-making, managing your audience, coordinating with others, negotiation, creativity, active listening, attention, problem solving, research, synthesis and analysis.

This module introduces you to key methods, techniques and skills for Applied Theatre and Socially-Engaged Performance practice and projects. This will include foundational creative skills in devising and improvisation, ensemble and physical approaches to composition for creating participative Socially-Engaged Performance Practice with, for or by communities. You will begin to consider historical, contemporary, local and international contexts of participatory practice including the ethical, cultural, political and social considerations, through active critical reflection that will support the development of practice.

Research and Development

In this module you will research and develop understanding about the nature of collaboration within the performing and creative arts. You will critically evaluate the social, cultural, and technological context of your collaborative practice, and evaluate the nature of both disciplinary practice and multidisciplinary practice.

In disciplinary practice disciplinary skills are developed and applied within defined areas of practice through collaboration with others.

Collaborative practice involves independent disciplines collaborating on their own terms and within their specialised areas of practice, establishing effective working partnerships between disciplines, with limited integration.

You will develop and apply specialised disciplinary skills associated with your particular programme pathway, and develop skills in creative collaboration, project management and production, and research. You will evaluate roles within your collaboration that reflect professional practice.

This module integrates theory and practice and develops skills in reflection, analysis and evaluation. You will research practice-based theories while developing creative project-work in collaboration with students from other disciplines for internal performance and presentation.

In this module you will apply skills in professional creative activities developed in Skills and Collaboration modules, to a final creative project outcome. This may take the form of a public presentation, performance, installation, creative production, staged or site-specific performance, or event, for example. This will be defined within the overall project brief, which will also identify how learning outcomes in this module will be evidenced.

This module develops and extends skills in Applied Theatre, Socially Engaged Practice, participatory performance, devising skills and facilitation with, for and by communities. You will create a participatory performance project as well as devising a touring production for a specific cultural, political and social context working with a Director. Histories of practice will be introduced and used as a basis for the study of a range of methods in socially-engaged performance practice. You will be introduced to the ethical considerations of applied theatre practices in relation to your own work and the work of others. Skills in ensemble performance will be further developed and you will produce original performance material, addressing a variety of compositional concerns such as conceptual development and coherence, choice of form, collaborative skills, development of content, response to stimuli and use of space.

Implementation and Impact

In this module you will collaborate with students from other disciplines in creative projects that model professional practice. Collaborative Practice involves independent disciplines collaborating on their own terms and within their specialised areas of practice, establishing effective working partnerships between disciplines, with limited integration.

You will further develop and apply specialised disciplinary skills associated with your particular programme pathway, and further develop skills in creative collaboration, project management and production, and research, developing understanding and insight into the context and impact of your work through practice and research. You will carry out and evaluate roles within your collaboration that reflect professional practice.

You may collaborate in projects with disciplines within the cluster (Music, Dance, Drama, Performing Arts, Creative and Professional Writing), or externally (e.g. Media, Art and Design, Games).

Collaboration activities assessed in this module will develop a final creative output, which might include a public performance, production, composition or installation for example, presented and assessed within the overall project.

Developing the key psychological and physical determinants of human performance are increasingly critical for successful graduate-level employment, entrepreneurship and career progression in the 4th industrial revolution.

This module will provide students with the opportunity to identify the skills, competencies and experience required for successful development to, and in, a range of potential future career areas.

Students will begin to recognise the areas for their own personal professional development (including emotional, social, physical, cultural and cognitive intelligences) through taught and workshop activity.

Central to the developmental process is for each student to cultivate the reflective skills, openness and self-awareness to enable themselves to assess what they are doing, identify areas for improvement, and confidently receive and give constructive feedback. Students will additionally develop knowledge of strategies to advance their own physical intelligence through 'life style' and 'self-care' approaches to inform their health and wellbeing.

Having developed skills and understanding of the key developmental areas of competency, students will participate in FUEL, a performance and production events microbusiness for the performing and creative arts, as defined by project briefs.

Students will be mentored and supervised by students from higher years. In this position they will learn and begin to apply the cognitive, cultural and social intelligences developed elsewhere in their studies (and from external activities) as required in the workplace, namely cognitive flexibility, emotional resilience, motivation, ethical decision-making, managing your audience, coordinating with others, negotiation, creativity, active listening, attention, problem solving, research, synthesis and analysis.

In this module students will apply skills in professional creative activities developed in Skills and Collaboration modules, to a final creative project outcome. This may take the form of a public presentation, performance, installation, creative production, staged or site-specific performance, or event, for example. This will be defined within the overall project brief, which will also identify how learning outcomes in this module will be evidenced.

This module furthers your work on key methods, techniques and skills for Applied Theatre and Socially-Engaged Performance practice. This will involve critical engagement with a range of methodologies and case studies of applied theatre practice in the areas of (for example) intergenerational theatre, theatre for young audiences, theatre and health and well-being, community theatre/performance, theatre in education, disability theatre, forum theatre, theatre in conflict settings, theatre for development, and theatre in criminal justice settings. You will apply theatre-making skills – working to develop coherent socially engaged compositions through devising, improvising, rehearsing, directing and refining performances with, for or by specific community groups. Case studies of a variety of applied performance practices drawn from local and international contexts will support your development and ability to identify the context(s) of your developing practice.

Research and Development

In this module you will research and develop understanding about the nature of interdisciplinary collaboration within the performing and creative arts, making reference to key models of practice and practitioners. You will critically evaluate the social, cultural, technological, economic and environmental context of your collaborative practice, and evaluate the nature of both disciplinary practice and multidisciplinary practice.

You will develop and apply specialised disciplinary skills associated with your particular programme pathway, as well as develop and integrate skills in creative collaboration, project management and production, and research. You will carry out and evaluate roles within your collaboration that reflect models of professional practice.

This module integrates theory and practice and develops skills in reflection, analysis and evaluation. You will research practice-based theories while developing creative project-work in collaboration with students from other disciplines for internal performance and presentation.

Subject to validation. 

In this module you will consolidate work on key methods, techniques and skills for Applied Theatre and Socially-Engaged Performance practice. You will deliver live applied projects in collaboration with professional partners to extend their applied performance and facilitation skills related to the areas of practice introduced in term one (intergenerational theatre, theatre for young audiences, theatre and health and well-being, community theatre/performance, theatre in education, forum theatre, disability theatre, theatre in conflict settings, theatre for development, and theatre in criminal justice settings). Applied Performance skills for socially-engaged practice will be extended with a focus on new writing (e.g. spoken word), semiotics of visual theatre, and site-specific practice. You will work with a professional Director / Applied Theatre Practitioner / Writer who will guide / collaborate / direct / devise and work in partnership with the students The module will further your conceptual framing with rigorous ongoing critical reflection to understand community performance practice in a range of local and international contexts.

Implementation and Impact

In this module you will collaborate with students from other disciplines in creative interdisciplinary projects that model professional practice, and which result in a public engagement, performance or presentation of creative or participatory work.

You will further develop and apply specialised disciplinary skills associated with your particular programme pathway, and further develop skills in creative collaboration and facilitation, project management and production, and research. You will demonstrate understanding and insight into the context and impact of your work through practice and research. You will carry out and evaluate roles within your collaboration that reflect professional practice in contemporary multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary work.

You may collaborate in projects with disciplines within the cluster (Music, Dance, Drama, Performing Arts, Creative and Professional Writing), or externally (e.g. Media, Art and Design, Games).

Collaboration activities assessed in this module will develop a final creative output, which might include a public performance, production, composition or installation for example, presented and assessed within the overall project.

Developing the key psychological and physical determinants of human performance are increasingly critical for successful graduate-level employment, entrepreneurship and career progression in the 4th industrial revolution.

This module will provide students with the opportunity to apply several of the skills, competencies and experience required for successful development to, and in, a range of potential future career areas.

Students will advance the areas identified at level 4 for their own personal professional development (including emotional, social, physical, cultural and cognitive intelligences) through taught and workshop activity.

Students will reflect on the success of the strategies that they employed to further develop their reflective skills, self-awareness, 'life style' and 'self-care' approaches and where necessary improve their approaches.

Having developed skills and understanding in the key developmental areas of competency, students will facilitate and produce projects and events for FUEL, a performance and production events microbusiness for the performing and creative arts, as defined by project briefs.

Students will have opportunity to select an in-house microbusiness project to join in the role of 'Producer'. In this position they will take on a specific production role, working collaboratively with peers and academic staff on a live project. In doing so they will apply the cognitive, cultural and social intelligences learnt elsewhere in their studies (and external development) required in the workplace. In addition to the intelligences developed in the level 4 Mental Wealth Module, students will also focus on service-orientation, self-discipline & management, reaction & response time, cognitive & muscle memory, managing stress, critical thinking, Complex problem-solving, research, synthesis & analysis.

In this module you will apply skills in professional creative activities developed in Skills and Collaboration modules, to a final creative project outcome. This may take the form of a public presentation, performance, installation, creative production, staged or site-specific performance, or event, for example. This will be defined within the overall project brief, which will also identify how learning outcomes in this module will be evidenced.

This module will introduce Practice-as-Research (PaR) as a structure for investigating, critically documenting and making socially-engaged theatre, and participatory performance projects with, for and by community groups. You will consolidate and enhance your applied theatre-making skills to direct, devise, write and perform relevant socially engaged work. PaR will embed relevant cultural theory into the applied performance practice and integral issues of aesthetics, creativity the cultural worker, and the cultural context. In addition, the audience, the community becomes the heart of the practice, as well as skills for funding and sustainability of collaborative and enquiry-based projects. You will engage with key socially engaged practitioners, makers of applied theatre projects as guest lecturers, as well as outlining research questions, identifying a stimulus and considering a community that they will work with in Term 2. You will form small companies and creatively present your applied performance projects in simulated industry scenarios.

Research and Development

In this module you will establish a design portfolio of research and development materials in collaboration with others culminating in a proposal for an interdisciplinary practice-based project, which you will design and lead, and a related written research topic.

You will establish relevant collaborations with others appropriate to your proposed project (e.g. creative collaborations across disciplines, creative and technical collaboration, production support, marketing strategy and implementation, project management). These relationships will model professional practice and may internal and / external to the University environment.

Key features

• Research and propose a substantial creative and collaborative interdisciplinary project
• Conduct research into a chosen topic related to creative practice
• Produce a review of literature and other relevant research sources
• Present research and development materials reflecting academic and professional industry stands

In this module you will apply skills in professional creative activities developed in Skills and Collaboration modules, to a final creative project outcome. This may take the form of a public presentation, performance, installation, creative production, staged or site-specific performance, or event, for example. This will be defined within the overall project brief, which will also identify how learning outcomes in this module will be evidenced.

In this module you will continue to develop socially-engaged and contemporary collaborative theatre within Practice-as-Research (PaR). This includes embedding relevant cultural theory to frame and inform performance practice. You will build upon the work initiated in the previous module to realise work for presentation at the annual EMERGENCE Festival, that stages and celebrates Socially-Engaged Performance Projects with and to an external audience. You will consolidate and enhance their applied theatre-making skills to devise, write, direct and create performances that might include post dramatic performance, site-specific work, performance art, new writing, a series of workshops or performances with, for or by a community group, or an ensemble collaborative performance. As part of EMERGENCE FESTIVAL, you will also consider Mental Wealth: Professional Life beyond graduating, whereby they will explore how to take their Applied Performance Projects out into the industry.

Implementation and Impact

In this module you will implement and deliver an interdisciplinary practice-based collaborative project, which you will design and lead, accompanied by a written research report on your chosen research topic.

Having established working relationships with others in the design, research and development of your project, you will continue to collaborate in the implementation phase, innovating and leveraging ways of working across and within disciplines towards transdisciplinary practice and presentation in the public and professional domain.

You will deliver your project within the parameters defined in your proposal and through leadership and management of the project's implementation, making appropriate adjustments and modifications to facilitate the its progress. You will present the project outcomes and measure its impact following models of professional and academic practice evaluated in your research proposal.

Key Features

• Design, produce and lead a substantial creative interdisciplinary project
• Conduct research into a chosen topic related to creative practice and produce a report
• Present creative interdisciplinary projects innovatively in the digital domain
• Present research outcomes reflecting academic and professional industry stands

Developing the key psychological and physical determinants of human performance are increasingly critical for successful graduate-level employment, entrepreneurship and career progression in the 4th industrial revolution.

This module will provide students with the opportunity to apply the full range of skills, competencies and experience required for successful development to, and in, a range of potential future career areas.

Students will advance the areas identified at level 5 for their own personal professional development (including emotional, social, physical, cultural and cognitive intelligences) through taught and workshop activity.

Students will reflect on the success of the strategies that they employed to further develop their reflective skills, self-awareness, 'life style' and 'self-care' approaches and where necessary improve their approaches.

Having developed skills and understanding in the key developmental areas of competency, students will manage and lead projects and events for FUEL, a performance and production events microbusiness for the performing and creative arts, as defined by project briefs.

Students will have opportunity to select an in-house microbusiness project to join in the role of 'Manager'. In this position they will oversee the successful operation of the enterprise, coach and mentor students new to the programme and lead those working in 'producer' roles. Working collaboratively with peers and academic staff, they will ensure the effective delivery of a live project by managing people and physical resources. In doing so they will apply the cognitive, cultural and social intelligences learnt elsewhere in their studies (and from external activities) required in the workplace.

In this module you will apply skills in professional creative activities developed in Skills and Collaboration modules, to a final creative project outcome. This may take the form of a public presentation, performance, installation, creative production, staged or site-specific performance, or event, for example. This will be defined within the overall project brief, which will also identify how learning outcomes in this module will be evidenced.