Postgraduate Prospectus

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MA/MFA Acting (International)
We have designed this unique course
for our international students, to offer the
traditional acting skills, including voice,
movement and singing, and approaches
to rehearsal and public performances. You
will draw upon existing practice but this is
supplemented with specific teaching that
will help international students. We also
include advanced practical acting skills
and the study of Shakespeare and other
classical traditions.
Our MA Acting (International) runs for
twelve months and our MFA Acting
(International) for 24 months. If you have
English as your first language (USA,
Canada, Australia etc) then you concentrate
on accent/dialect and RP. If English is not
your first language, then you focus on
accent, rhythm, stress and diction. Our
MFA students take a second year to work
within a repertory company on fully-staged
productions written and performed in
English. We also run a field study option for
our MFA students at GITIS in Moscow and
at ISI in Bali. Our graduates receive a
comprehensive training, so can pursue
careers in theatre and related professions
in this increasingly global industry.
MA Filmmaking
We introduced MA Filmmaking for the
new generation of filmmakers who
write, shoot, edit and distribute their films
themselves. We offer a comprehensive
introduction to film and the international
context of filmmaking, with hands-on
skills development in all areas of practice
Taught course modules
MA Acting
Advanced Acting
Methodology and Textual
Studies and Acting for Media
Researched Performance
Project
Studio Theatre Production
Voice
Movement
Music/Singing
Contextual Studies
Either Dissertation or
Performance Project
MA Acting (International)
Acting Technique
Character and Scene Work
Shakespeare
Contemporary UK Texts
Either MA Dissertation or
MA Practical Project
MFA Acting (International)
Year one
Acting Technique
Character and Scene Work
Shakespeare
Contemporary UK Texts
Year two
Theatre Performance 1
Either Independent Study or
Field Study
Theatre Performance 2
Theatre Performance 3
Either MFA Dissertation or
MFA Practical Project
MA Filmmaking
Digital and Video Filmmaking
Practical Filmmaking (Camera,
Sound, Lights)
Scriptwriting and Treatment
Editing Practice
Either MA Written Dissertation
or MA Dissertation by
Practical Project
MA Theatre Directing
Four taught modules selected
from list
Either MA Theatre Directing
Dissertation or MA
Dissertation by Director’s
Production Workbook
MFA Theatre Directing
Year one
Four taught modules selected
from list
Year two
Four taught modules selected
from list
Either MFA Written
Dissertation or MFA
Dissertation by Director’s
Production Workbook or
MFA Dissertation by
Practical Project
MA/MFA Theatre
Directing modules
Attachment (Assistant
Director/Directing in Drama
Schools)
Brecht and his Influences
Collaboration with Designers
Comedy and Farce
Commedia dell’Arte and
Working with Masks
Contemporary British Drama
Contemporary Irish Theatre
Improvisation and Devising
Techniques
Independent Directing Project
Introduction to Directing Film
Methodology (GITIS: Russian
Academy of Theatre Arts,
field study)
Meyerhold and Biomechanics
(GITIS: Russian Academy
of Theatre Arts, field study)
Music Theatre
Physical Theatre
Rehearsal Processes and
Workshops
Shakespeare
Stanislavskian Acting
The Artistic Director
Theatre of the East (field
study)
The Techniques of Adaptation
World Theatre (field study)
This information is a guide to course
content and is subject to change on
an annual basis.
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