Module Descriptors
COMMUNITY THEATRE PRACTICE
DRAM40100
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 4
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Robert James
Email: R.J.Marsden@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 30
Independent Study Hours: 120
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- PROJECT- INDIVIDUAL weighted at 50%
- COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
A Practical Project weighted at 50% [Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,5]
A 1,500 word essay weighted at 50% [Learning Outcome 3, 4, 5]
A 1,500 word essay weighted at 50% [Learning Outcome 3, 4, 5]
Module Indicative Content
The aim of this module is to enable students to explore the theory and practice of how drama and theatre can be used within community settings. Students will examine the history of community theatre and its current status.
Work explored will include: Reminiscence projects, Youth Theatre, Educational Workshops, Interventionalist Theatre, Working with Young Offenders, Arts for Health projects and Theatre in Education (TiE) work.
Students will examine the professional work of Augusto Boal, New Vic Borderlines, Geese Theatre, Rideout, Shysters and Age Exchange amongst others.
The module will also require students to plan, prepare and deliver a project for a community client group.
Work explored will include: Reminiscence projects, Youth Theatre, Educational Workshops, Interventionalist Theatre, Working with Young Offenders, Arts for Health projects and Theatre in Education (TiE) work.
Students will examine the professional work of Augusto Boal, New Vic Borderlines, Geese Theatre, Rideout, Shysters and Age Exchange amongst others.
The module will also require students to plan, prepare and deliver a project for a community client group.
Module Learning Strategies
Lecture/seminars will concentrate on the history of community theatre in its widest context, and explore how the current trends of community theatre practice operate. Specific companies and practitioners will be used as case studies.
Practice based sessions will introduce students to a range of practical skills, techniques and methodologies to facilitate a community theatre project. A final practical project will give students the opportunity to run a workshop in an appropriate context and evaluate and reflect on their practice.
Practice based sessions will introduce students to a range of practical skills, techniques and methodologies to facilitate a community theatre project. A final practical project will give students the opportunity to run a workshop in an appropriate context and evaluate and reflect on their practice.
Module Texts
Community Performance- An Introduction, Petra Kuppers, Routledge 2007
Drama Scripts for People with Special Needs, Dheree Vickers, Speechmark
House of Games, Chris Johnston, HNB, 1998
Geese Theatre Handbook, ed Clark Baim, Waterside Press, 2002
Creative Play and Drama with Adults at Risk, Sue Jennings Speechmark,
Dramatherapy: Theory and practice for teachers and clinicians, Sue Jennings, Routledge, 1987
The Reminiscence Skills Training Handbook, Ann Rainbow, Speechmark
Dramatic Events: How to Run a Successful Workshop, Richard Hahlo and Peter Reynolds, Faber and Faber , 2000
Theatre of the Oppressed, Augusto Boal, Pluto Press, 2000
Games for Actors and Non-Actors, Augusto Boal, Routledge, 1992
Learning through Theatre: New Perspectives on Theatre in Education, Routledge, 1993
The Politics of Performance- Radical Theatre as Cultural Intervention, Baz Kershaw, Routledge 1992
Drama Scripts for People with Special Needs, Dheree Vickers, Speechmark
House of Games, Chris Johnston, HNB, 1998
Geese Theatre Handbook, ed Clark Baim, Waterside Press, 2002
Creative Play and Drama with Adults at Risk, Sue Jennings Speechmark,
Dramatherapy: Theory and practice for teachers and clinicians, Sue Jennings, Routledge, 1987
The Reminiscence Skills Training Handbook, Ann Rainbow, Speechmark
Dramatic Events: How to Run a Successful Workshop, Richard Hahlo and Peter Reynolds, Faber and Faber , 2000
Theatre of the Oppressed, Augusto Boal, Pluto Press, 2000
Games for Actors and Non-Actors, Augusto Boal, Routledge, 1992
Learning through Theatre: New Perspectives on Theatre in Education, Routledge, 1993
The Politics of Performance- Radical Theatre as Cultural Intervention, Baz Kershaw, Routledge 1992
Module Resources
Library
Drama Studio
Lecture Theatre
Seminar Room
Drama Studio
Lecture Theatre
Seminar Room