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EA323-6-AU : Issue-Led Theatre

In this module you will research, devise, write and stage a project based on a contemporary issue. You will learn to use theatre to express their ideas and emotional engagement with the chosen issue and further develop the skills of communicating with your audience.

By the end of the module you will have produced a piece of theatre that expresses and articulates your own original views and ideas. The style and form of the work produced will express your own individual creative inclination. Some of the work will have tested the boundaries of existing contemporary theatre practice
Category: Loughton

EA327-6-FY : Contextual Studies III

The work of this compulsory module supports the content and practical project work of the practice-led modules in final year BA Hons Contemporary Theatre (EA321 New Plays, EA323 Issue-led Theatre, EA322 Devised Christmas Shows, EA324 Cabaret & Improvisation, EA325 Self-Directed Projects).

Students will begin the year by examining the plethora of ideas that surrounds the Interculturalism debate. The work of Peter Brook will be examined, as well as Eugenio Barba's Odin Teatret and the field of "Theatre Anthropology". The students will also be exposed to some forms of non-western theatre such as Butoh and the work of Tadashi Suzuki. In the second term the students will focus on different forms of contemporary performance such as Live Art and Performance Art with a special focus on British artists and companies in the second part of the term.

Students are encouraged to reflect on their course experiences and training and to prepare themselves for further professional and cultural challenges after graduation. You will use the research and writing skills you have learned in years one and two to consider new ideas in greater depth and to develop the ability to express arguments through a process supported by relevant research and source materials. This process will culminate in the third term when you will present your Personal Development Journal.

The Interculturalism debate

Intercultural elements in the work of Peter Brook

Intercultural elements in the work of Eugenio Barba and the Odin Tetaret

An Examination of Butoh and Suzuki

Live art: Performance and the Everyday

Performance Art: Examining a variety of practitioners but focusing on the work of Marina Abramovic

The future of British theatre/performance: analysing the work of contemporary British practitioners such as Forced Entertainment

Category: Loughton