Course Catalogue

The educational aims of the programme are for the student to: 1. Provide a professional actor training suitable to meet the evolving demands of theatre, screen, and new media industries. 2. Develop creative actors who can thrive in directed and collaborative projects, and who can generate their own work and opportunities. 3. Develop a global perspective, empowering actors to seek out and create opportunities internationally in English and in the graduates' own native languages. 4. Promote healthy practice to underpin and sustain a lifelong career. 5. Provide a comprehensive understanding of contemporary theatre arts practice to create critical thinkers and reflective practitioners who value lifelong learning. 6. Enable graduates to guide their own professional, creative, and intellectually development, to realise their full potential as creative practitioners. 7. Empower creative actors to embody and promote best practice within the industry.

Teaching and Learning Teaching is delivered by means of lectures, practical classes, technique classes, small group teaching, workshops/practical activities, individual practice, individual/group tutorials, rehearsals/preparation for live performance and live performance. Teaching incorporates: • Sharing factual knowledge, introducing conceptual frameworks and inspiring discussion activity. • Providing instruction in acting/performing to improve and enhance technique level. • Demonstrating use of technology, applications and the exploration of possibilities. • Explaining how to research, collect and analyse data, structure an academic argument and frame findings. • Exploring and developing skills in critical analysis of self and others. • Providing learning activities to develop interpersonal skills and graduate attributes. • Guiding a rehearsal/creative process, providing constructive feedback to enhance the students’ breadth and depth of learning, and providing further feedback after the live/completed event. Visiting lecturers and professional artists contribute to the programme to offer other perspectives and simulate learning through a professional work environment. Throughout the programme the student is encouraged to read widely to consolidate and supplement that being taught to network within the industry and to set goals and challenge self. A summary description of the teaching and learning activities by level is: At level 4 – Embedding key understandings, skills and knowledge whilst ensuring that the student has an awareness of self-learning strategies and development of their interpersonal/academic skills. Students will undertake practical and theoretical classes in Acting, Voice, Singing, Dancing, Movement for Actors, Text Analysis, Acting for Screen, Stage Combat, Contextual Studies, Healthy practice for the Body and Voice, Mindfulness, and Creative Practice. The student will be given regular space to develop their own work and opportunities to perform this in a scratch night setting. The focus of these modules is to provide a technical foundation and understanding to engage with studies at levels 5 and 6. At level 5 – Applying learning and extending further the students’ knowledge, skill base and ability to make/create work and engage with the rehearsal process to ensure confident levels of performance. Students will undertake practical and theoretical classes in Acting, Voice, Microphone technique, Singing, Dancing, Movement for Actors, Text, Acting for Screen, Contextual Studies, Teaching Pedagogy, Professional Preparation and Creative Practice. There will be multiple performance opportunities in front of in house, invited and public audiences. The student will be given regular space to develop their own work and opportunities to perform this in a scratch night setting. Learning within these classes will be tailored to the individual’s needs in order gain the level of skills required to enter L6 and progress to a career in the industry. At level 6 – Translation of knowledge and abilities into strategies for securing and sustaining employment in the industry and acquisition of transferable graduate attributes for employment in different /wider fields of work. Students will undertake practical and theoretical studies in, Acting, Voice, Singing, Dance, Movement for Actors, Acting for Screen, Microphone Technique and Professional Preparation, Making New Work, and a series of Public Performance Projects. The students will undertake a significant Research Project. The purpose of modules at level 6 is to consolidate a wide range of skill sets to ensure students have the adequate preparation and flexibility to enter the global industry. And, to attain a graduate standard in transferable skills. Throughout their training, students will be guided in the identification of best practice within the institution and the industry. They will be empowered to embody and promote best practice with the industry and in their career

The programme is vocationally specific and designed to include work-related learning. Industry standard facilities, hardware and software are used throughout the programme. The practical assessment tasks wherever possible are positioned against industry standards and processes to replicate ‘real world’ situations. Students are also given access to a range of opportunities to undertake voluntary, extra-curricular work in the industry. At Level 5 the Camera and Recorded Media, Projects 2, modules are designed to develop understanding and competence with professional working practices and protocols within a variety of working and performance contexts. At Level 6 the students are expected to work as a professional artist and engage with other professionals in the appropriate manner. They will engage directly with working professional in Career Preparation, Making New Work, Public Performances, Camera and Recorded Media Project. They will experience a variety of working and performance contexts.