TH143-4-AU-CO:
Devising
2020/21
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 4
ReassessmentOnly
Thursday 08 October 2020
Friday 18 December 2020
15
01 April 2019
Requisites for this module
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This module introduces students to the processes involved in using devising methodologies to evolve different kinds of performance texts. The module will form the foundations for understanding how plays work three-dimensionally (the journey from page to stage) and expand the boundaries of what resources theatre-makers might draw upon as a trigger to originate live performance.
The aims of the module are:
• To develop a knowledge of a range of creative and critical methods and approaches to contemporary performance-making.
• To cultivate an ability to engage critically and develop work creatively in a range of theatre and performance modes and forms.
• To gain understanding of the relationships between process and product in performance work.
• To gain detailed understanding of one or more areas of contemporary theatre practice.
• To develop organisational, improvisational, workshop and group skills.
By the end of this course, students will have had opportunities to gain:
• an ability to appreciate, engage critically, and develop work creatively, in a variety of theatre and performance modes, forms, and genres.
• an understanding of processes by which performances are created.
• experience of engaging in performance-making, based on an acquisition and understanding of appropriate creative vocabularies, skills, structures, and working methods.
• the ability to work collaboratively, sharing responsibility, delegating, and where appropriate leading teams.
• skills in project management.
No additional information available.
Through practical workshops students will have the opportunity to test a variety of devising and rehearsal methods used by actors, directors, companies and performing artists.
- (2017) Reframing immersive theatre: the politics and pragmatics of participatory performance, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Govan, Emma; Nicholson, Helen; Normington, Katie. (2007) Making a performance: devising histories and contemporary practices, London: Routledge.
- (©2012) Performing site-specific theatre: politics, place, practice, Basingstoke: Palgrve Macmillan.
- Ainslie, Sarah; Warren-Fisher, Russell; Complicite (Theatre company). (c2010) Complicite: rehearsal notes ; a visual essay of the unique working methods of the company, London: Complicite.
- Pearson, Mike. (2010) Site-Specific Performance: Macmillan Education UK.
- Steve Dixon. (2015) Digital Performance, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Murakami, Haruki. (2003) The elephant vanishes, London: Vintage.
- Harvie, Jen; Lavender, Andy. (2010) Making Contemporary Theatre, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
- Josephine Machon. (2013) Immersive theatres: intimacy and immediacy in contemporary performance, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
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: Group seminar presentation (20mins) week 7 |
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0% |
Coursework |
Written analysis of the process/performance (1,500 words) (for feedback purposes) |
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45% |
Practical |
Participation |
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5% |
Practical |
Devised performance (15-25 min) - 25% Group / 25% Individual contribution |
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50% |
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
Dr Liam Jarvis, email: ljarvis@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Liam Jarvis
LiFTS General Office - email liftstt@essex.ac.uk.
Telephone 01206 872626
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No external examiner information available for this module.
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Of 40 hours, 40 (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).
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