This module focuses on text and practices that exemplify the relationship between theatre and society. These include script-based drama from the late 19th century to 21st approaches to theatre-making such as Legislative theatre and Eugenio Barba’s Third Theatre. These will be taught through seminar discussions and practical workshop sessions that will encourage students to critically engage with the material and produce their own original work or adaptations of existing work .
Module aims
The aims of this module are:
- Create a critical awareness of the role theatre can play in society, both historically and in contemporary practices.
- Encourage an understanding of some of the social, political and economic issues affecting theatre practice.
- Create work that is socially engaged and is relevant to the society we live in.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Identify the underlying cultural, political, institutional, and economic factors as related to the creation of theatre.
- Understand the complex relationship between theatre and society.
- Create a short piece of theatre that is socially engaged and is relevant to the society we live in.
- Module Supervisor: Mary Mazzilli