Module Descriptors
COMMUNITY THEATRE PRACTICE
DRAM50136
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Robert James
Email: R.J.Marsden@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
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 Texts
Baim C. ed (2002) Geese Theatre Handbook, Waterside Press
Boal A. (2000) Theatre of the Oppressed, Pluto Press
Boal A. (1992) Games for Actors and Non-Actors, Routledge
Hahlo R. & Reynold P. (2000) Dramatic Events: How to Run a Successful Workshop, Faber and Faber
Jennings S. Creative Play and Drama with Adults at Risk, Speechmark
Jennings S. (1987) Dramatherapy: Theory and practice for teachers and clinicians, Routledge
Johnston C. (1998) House of Games, HNB
Kershaw B. (1992)The Politics of Performance- Radical Theatre as Cultural Intervention, Routledge
Kuppers P. (2007) Community Performance- An Introduction, Routledge
Rainbow A. The Reminiscence Skills Training Handbook, Speechmark
Vickers D. Drama Scripts for People with Special Needs, Speechmark
Learning through Theatre: New Perspectives on Theatre in Education, Routledge, 1993
Boal A. (2000) Theatre of the Oppressed, Pluto Press
Boal A. (1992) Games for Actors and Non-Actors, Routledge
Hahlo R. & Reynold P. (2000) Dramatic Events: How to Run a Successful Workshop, Faber and Faber
Jennings S. Creative Play and Drama with Adults at Risk, Speechmark
Jennings S. (1987) Dramatherapy: Theory and practice for teachers and clinicians, Routledge
Johnston C. (1998) House of Games, HNB
Kershaw B. (1992)The Politics of Performance- Radical Theatre as Cultural Intervention, Routledge
Kuppers P. (2007) Community Performance- An Introduction, Routledge
Rainbow A. The Reminiscence Skills Training Handbook, Speechmark
Vickers D. Drama Scripts for People with Special Needs, Speechmark
Learning through Theatre: New Perspectives on Theatre in Education, Routledge, 1993
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 may include: Reminiscence projects, Youth Theatre, Educational Workshops, Interventionalist Theatre, Working with Young Offenders, Arts for Health projects and Theatre in Education (TiE) work.
Students may 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 may include: Reminiscence projects, Youth Theatre, Educational Workshops, Interventionalist Theatre, Working with Young Offenders, Arts for Health projects and Theatre in Education (TiE) work.
Students may 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 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 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 Resources
Library
Drama Studio
Lecture Theatre
Seminar Room
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.
Drama Studio
Lecture Theatre
Seminar Room
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.