Texts in Rehearsal aims to develop your practical, conceptual and creative skills as a theatre-maker by giving you the opportunity to explore and apply theories and practices of dramaturgy. The module will help you develop ways to approach the staging of a text through performance, using a specific playtext to work on.
The taught element of the module involves a group exploration of context, and the application of appropriate methodologies to the set playtext. Through textual analysis and dramaturgical processes, practical exploration, the development of appropriate rehearsal techniques and a consideration for mise-en-scène, you will be guided through the process of preparing a text for performance. Each week will involve you doing online pre-sessional research and work, either individually or in companies, towards the creation of a group performance that stages an extract or an abridged version of the set playtext.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
demonstrate an understanding of the basic role of the dramaturgical process in the preparation of texts for performance;
demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the different aspects of theatre arts (technical and process based) in the preparation of a text for a performance;
demonstrate an understanding of a number of possible methods which can be used in the analysis of dramatic texts in rehearsal;
recognise and have practice in applying a variety of rehearsal methods to the preparation of texts for performance.
Assessment
37840-01 : Group Performance : Practical (70%)
37840-02 : Logbook 1000 words : Log Book/ Portfolio (30%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions
Assessment: Critical Analysis reflection on practice, 1000 words (30%)
Group performance, 15-20 minutes, depending on group size (70%)
Reassessment: Failed component only
Critical Analysis reflection on practice, 1000 words (30%)
Performance, either group or individual, duration will be dependent on the number of students, which may be submitted as a recording (70%)