Drama, Theatre and Performance
Theatre for Changing Times
Module code: Q3004
Level 5
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Seminar
Assessment modes: Coursework
This module explores how drama, theatre and performance reflect and effect social change. You’ll think about the relationship of the individual and the community in relation to wider social or institutional structures.
This module brings together historical perspectives about drama, theatre and performance and urgent issues in the present.
Key skills you’ll gain include:
- working with theatre texts
- historical understanding
- critical analysis about social and cultural change.
Module learning outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of how cultural production is shaped by, and responds to, social and political contexts
- Critically examine the practices, politics and conditions of theatre labour – both onstage and behind the scenes.
- Convey your own critical voice with confidence and clarity in forms appropriate for academic, creative or professional audiences.
- Demonstrate creative problem-solving through industry-focused tasks, skills or experience.