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Study Details: MA 1 year full-time,
2 years part-time
Work with creativity and flair as a theatre-maker in a rich creative environment. Experience first-hand the intricate collaborative interplay between performers, directors and dramaturgs which underpins successful theatre-making in the UK.
Combining practical workshops with seminar explorations and discussions, you’ll focus on your work as an active theatre-maker, and will learn the critical and interpretative skills needed to map and analyse the processes of theatre-making at an ambitious level. You’ll have full use of our industry-standard rehearsal and production facilities for creative investigation of plays and performance texts, and to develop your own work. You’ll benefit from contact with leading theatre-makers through theatre projects, masterclasses, lectures and workshops.
You’ll acquire the necessary skills for a future in professional theatre or in related areas such as film and television, arts administration, journalism, publishing, education or further study. Our students and graduates have an enviable range of achievements and we’re also proud of our links to industry.
2:1 or equivalent. If you hold a qualification below 2:1 or equivalent, relevant prior experience of an appropriate nature, may be considered.
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This course develops a range of analytical and practical skills in the performance and production of theatre, making our graduates highly employable. Because MA Theatre-Making is flexible enough to offer both practice-based and research-based paths, you’ll find there’s a wide variety of career paths open to you across theatre and academia.
You'll study six taught modules and an extended practical or dissertation project.
You'll engage with processes of and approaches to theatre-making, from how to analyse a text and creatively respond to it, to ensemble practice and performance skills, to rehearsal room organisation and directing methods, to creating your very own performance work. We'll explore a range of contemporary theatre and performance texts, explore and analyse established theatre-makers’ approaches and methods, and undertake research to develop your own practice.
Core modules
Thinking Through Theatre-Making
Collaborative Theatre-Making
Collaborative Project
Playwriting and Text
In addition to the core modules and an Extended Project, you'll study two option modules. Some option module combinations may not be possible. Your option choices will be confirmed after you begin your course.
Option modules
Critical Approaches to the Creative Industries
Disability, Accessibility & Representation in the Creative Industries
Exploring Cultural Consumption
Groupwork, Arts Administration & Project Management
History, Practice & Study of Community Music
Leading in the Creative and Cultural Industries
Modern Theatre & the Political Imagination
Shakespeare
The Making of Modern Poems: A Workshop
Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.
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