TH142-4-SP-CO:
Theatre Making: Autobiography
2023/24
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
Monday 15 January 2024
Friday 22 March 2024
15
28 March 2022
Requisites for this module
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BA W401 Drama,
BA W402 Drama (Including Year Abroad),
BA W403 Drama (Including Placement Year),
BA W408 Drama (Including Foundation Year),
BA QW24 Drama and Literature,
BA QW25 Drama and Literature (Including Placement Year),
BA WQ28 Drama and Literature (Including Foundation Year),
BA WQ42 Drama and Literature (Including Year Abroad),
MLITQ394 Drama and Scriptwriting,
BA WW80 Drama and Creative Writing,
BA WW81 Drama and Creative Writing (Including Foundation Year),
BA WW82 Drama and Creative Writing (including Placement Year),
BA WW83 Drama and Creative Writing (including Year Abroad)
The content of this module is closely linked to the programme of the Lakeside Theatre. It places the student, as creative practitioner, in the home of the Lakeside Theatre, enabling them to become familiar with the building and its systems, strategies and operations as well as engage actively with its artistic programme.
Through a series of workshops, seminars and field trips, including theatre and gallery visits, students will be introduced to a variety of stimuli and strategies that theatre makers use to create a production.
Students will see, discuss and review several professional performances, as well as other cultural events both on and off campus; they will look at the role and value of the arts in society and, through guided practical workshops, use these experiences as a spur to create their own personal solo performances.
Students will also meet and engage with visiting theatre professionals and be introduced to the hands-on practicalities required to produce theatre. Through close engagement with the Lakeside Theatre, students will also learn about many facets of work in the professional theatre, including: the role of the artistic director; creative entrepreneurship and the role of the Arts Council; marketing, press and publicity; processes of production.
Aims of the module:
Aims of the module:
1. To give students the opportunity to learn about, and practise, new creative ways of making theatre, especially drawing on their own life-stories and experience
2. To introduce students to the workings of a professional theatre building
3. To introduce students to a broad range of cultural events
4. To bring students into contact with theatre companies and professionals and to gain insights into their creative working methods and processes, especially in terms of making theatre out of autobiographical material
5. To inform students with an understanding of the current theatre industry and professional opportunities within it
6. To explore the role of the arts in society; the connections between theatre and visual arts; and the relationship between theatre programming and the creation/composition of audiences
7. To encourage an understanding of entrepreneurship, stimulate creativity and to broaden cultural awareness.
By the end of the module students will be able to:
1. Analyse and critically review a theatre performance and/or art exhibition
2. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the systems, strategies and operations of a working theatre
3. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the immediate cultural landscape and their individual relationship to it as creative practitioners.
4. Work independently on a practical project
5. Present a solo autobiographical performance
6. Analyse how creative ideas are developed and how they relate to audiences and social concerns
7. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the ethics of working creatively with autobiographical material
No additional information available.
Anticipated teaching delivery: Weekly 2-hour workshop
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Formative assignment: CLASS ASSIGNMENT |
|
0% |
| Coursework |
Performance and Reflective Writing (1,500 Words) |
|
95% |
| Practical |
Participation Mark |
|
5% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Jonathan Lichtenstein, email: licht@essex.ac.uk.
Professor Jonathan Lichtenstein
LiFTS General Office - email: liftstt@essex.ac.uk
Telephone 01206 872626
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Dr Christina Papagiannouli
University of South Wales
Research Fellow
Available via Moodle
Of 20 hours, 20 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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