- Department: Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: I
- Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
Following on from the introduction to a range of political theatre methodologies, theories and traditions that you receive in the Political Theatres module, this module puts some of the key concepts into practice as you work with published plays or found sources as material for a political production. In groups of c.20 students, you will research, plan, rehearse, and perform a short political script based on either published or found material (approximate performance time 30 minutes), which will be set by the module convenor. The lectures and workshop/seminars will be led by the module tutor(s) and will focus on putting your political agenda at the heart of your theatre-making practice. They will introduce you to examples from some of the most innovative and influential political plays to explore the key areas that you need to consider, such as ethical issues, structural considerations and questions of aesthetics and style. The reflective essay allows you to analyse how your group put your politics at the heart of your process and performance.
*Students will lose 3 marks per workshop, seminar or practical session missed for this module.
Pre-requisite modules
Co-requisite modules
- None
Prohibited combinations
- None
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Summer Term 2022-23 |
The aims of the module are:
By the end of the module students will be expected:
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 60 |
Practical | 40 |
Pass/fail
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 60 |
Oral presentation/seminar/exam | 40 |
Students will receive written feedback on all assessments and reassessments.
A full reading list will be provided in advance of the start of the module.
Aston, Elaine. (1999) Feminist Theatre Practice: A Handbook. London: Routledge.
Barnett, David. (2014) Brecht in Practice. London: Bloomsbury.
Cantrell, Tom. (2013) Acting in Documentary Theatre. Houndsmills: Palgrave.
Case, Sue-Ellen. (1990) Performing Feminisms. Maryland Johns Hopkins University Press.
Fall, Nadia. (2013) Home. London: Nick Hern Books.
Favorini, Attilio (ed.) (1995) Voicings: Ten Plays from the Documentary Theater. Hopewell, N.J: Ecco.
Fischer-Lichte, Erika. (2005) Theatre, Sacrifice, Ritual: Exploring Forms of Political Theatre. London: Routledge.
Forsyth, Alison and Megson, Chris (eds.) (2009) Get Real: Documentary Theatre Past and Present. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Haedicke, Susan, et al. (2009) Political Performances: Theory and Practice. London: Rodopi.
Hammond, Will and Steward, Dan (eds.) (2008). Verbatim, Verbatim: Contemporary Documentary Theatre. London: Oberon.
Heddon, Deirdre. (2007) Autobiography and Performance. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Jurs-Munby, Karen, et al. (2013) Postdramatic Theatre and the Political. London: Bloomsbury Methuen.
Kelleher, Joe. (2009) Theatre & Politics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Martin, Carol. (2012) Theatre of the Real. Houndsmills: Palgrave.
Martin, Carol (ed.). (2010) The Dramaturgy of the Real on the World Stage. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Patterson, Michael. (2006) Strategies of Political Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ridout, Nicholas. (2009) Theatre & Ethics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.