Course Catalogue

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The aims of the module are to: Expand the application of core acting, voice and movement techniques, through rehearsal and performance of a variety of dramatic texts. Enable the students acquire new technique to inhabit different theatrical styles with precision, clarity of intention, wit, imagination, spontaneity and a sense of play. Develop and strengthen methods of utilising experience and imagination to bring authenticity to acting. Establish the fundamental skills for examining rhetoric and stylistic devices in poetic and non-naturalistic texts, both historical and contemporary. Empower students to develop their research and rehearsal practices.

Outline Syllabus:In this module students expand and enhance existing acting technique through rehearsal and presentation of scene studies and performance work. The first part will look at heightened text, including Shakespeare, and scenes from Comedy of Manners. In the second half of the module the students will be able to gain new skills in response to a rehearsal project that will be chosen from a variety of genres, theatre and performance forms, dependent upon the skill of the group. At the end of these projects, students will present to an invited audience. Key elements of this module are: Heightened Text Students will explore key tools for analysing and speaking Blank Verse, poetry, and prose by examining scenes from Shakespeare or his contemporaries. The scenes will be per-formed in front of an invited audience, and the students will receive formative feedback Comedy of Manners - Rehearsal and performance of scenes from Comedy of Manners in front of an internal audience of students and tutors. This will be a summative assessment. Rehearsal Project - the students will be able to gain new skills in response to a rehearsal project that will be chosen from a variety of genres, theatre, and performance forms, dependent upon the needs of the group. These may include, Greek Tragedy, Musical Theatre, New Writing in translation, Immersive Theatre, etc. The performance of this will be a summative assessment. On-going Acting Technique Class - Throughout this module you will continue to develop and expand your acting technique through a series of master-classes and workshops exploring practitioners, theatre styles, and texts.

Additional Information:This module equips students with the skills to approach and perform historic and non-naturalistic texts and other selected theatre forms. Assessments are by two rehearsal and performance projects.