Rehearsal and performance of selected scene study.

REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE

Alternative Performance Project (Devised, Camera or Physical Piece)

ALT. PERF. PROJECT

Throughout the module a series of weekly classes, masterclasses / workshops exploring practitioners, theatre styles, and texts will be used to continue to develop and expand the students’ acting technique.

The module will further develop and enhance the students’ existing level of acting technique through an exploration of heightened text and exposure to Comedy of Manners. Key tools will be learnt and practiced for analysing and speaking Blank Verse, poetry, and prose by examining scenes from Shakespeare or his contemporaries. There will be a shared exploration of the play looking for meaning and the directorial clues embedded within the text. Rehearsals will culminate in the sharing of scene studies to an invited audience. 

Work will be undertaken on further developing students’ devising skills and focus on a particular period and place from which to take inspiration for the Devised Performance Project. Students will explore a range of improvisations for generating scripts, and staging techniques. Also, students will be introduced to the artistic process of designing along with the practical skills of staging. The aim is to enable creation of a theatrical piece and to be able to work with companies or directors that use this type of process.

Applied Acting Technique - 5513IABCPD

Applied Acting Technique

Demonstrate a practical application of the stylistic and rhetorical techniques required to perform heightened and non-naturalistic texts.

Integrate an advanced range of approaches for the generation of an ensemble devised work.

Select and demonstrate a range of advanced acting techniques in response to a variety of dramatic texts, both in rehearsal and performance.

Select appropriate devising techniques to construct an original text.