CONTINUAL ASSESSMENT weighted at 50% (LO 1,2,3,5)
Individually marked, you will be assessed on your contribution to the rehearsal process in relation to working within the directorial brief and development of ‘character’ in relation to the text. Your attendance, punctuality, openness of approach and responsiveness and preparation for rehearsal will also be assessed.

PERFORMANCE weighted at 30% (LO 1,2,3,5)
Individually marked, you will be assessed on your final acting role and your progression from dress rehearsal to final performance.

JOURNAL weighted at 20% (LO4,5)
Individually marked, the journal will allow you to be assessed on your knowledge and understanding of the rehearsal and acting process, as well as demonstrating wider reading and research as required.

Under the guidance of an experienced staff or guest director, this module will involve you in the rehearsal and performance of a modern or contemporary play.

Through a combination of somatic and cerebral practices, you will be engaged in the practice of a professional rehearsal methodology as required of the text, director and genre of the piece.

Appropriate and various acting and rehearsal methodologies will be explored and you will apply these techniques when approaching the role. Application of techniques from other modules will be expected as well as a close study of the text from an acting perspective.

You will realise the above through a minimum of two public performances and refine and adapt your work as required of the acting process at this stage.

Contextual understanding of the process that you are undertaking will be recorded through a rehearsal notebook and then be written up in the form of regular journal entries for assessment. You will be able to record and demonstrate your wider contextual knowledge of the play, playwright, genre and other research required, as well as reflecting on your progress within the rehearsal process.

Taught through workshops and rehearsals, this module will allow you to experientially study the preparation and rehearsal methodologies required of an actor in the preparation of a full length play for public performance.

The demands of the text, directorial process and genre of the play chosen (i.e. surrealism, realism, comedy) will inform the types of teaching and learning strategies required of you as an actor.

Whilst staff or guest director led, you will be expected to be rehearsing on the project outside of timetabled staff contact times, which forms part of the weekly rehearsal sessions. This will be student led autonomously or by a student director.

Independent research and line learning will also be assigned and expected. Led by the staff director, this will form part of the ‘guided independent study hours’ above.

Theatre/studio and workshop/seminar spaces
Library
IT software (e.g. word-processing)
Lighting and sound equipment and software
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

Houseman, B ( 2008 ). Tackling text and Subtext. Nick Hern Books
Mamet, D. (1998) True and False, Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor. Faber & Faber
Mitchell K. (2007) Directing for the Stage. Routledge
Mitter S. (1992) Systems of Rehearsal. Routledge

1. DEMONSTRATE CREATIVE ACTING TECHNIQUES AND SKILLS IN REHEARSING AND STAGING A MODERN DRAMATIC TEXT FOR THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE.
[Creativity]

2. APPLY AN UNDERSTANDING OF TIME MANAGEMENT, ORGANISATIONAL, PREPARATION AND PLANNING SKILLS AS PART OF THE REHEARSAL PROCESS AND PRODUCTION
[Application]

3. APPLY CREATIVE COLLABORATIVE WORKING METHODOLOGIES IN REHEARSAL, PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE.
[Creative Collaboration]

4. SYNTHESISE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE REHEARSAL PROCESS ON THE ACTOR AND YOUR CONTEXTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE PLAY AND PLAYWRIGHT IN WRITTEN FORM.
[Knowledge and Understanding]

5. DEMONSTRATE YOUR ABILITY TO REFLECT ON AND ALTER YOUR PROCESS IN THE LIGHT OF FEEDBACK (STAFF OR PEER) AND SELF-ANALYSIS AND REFLECTION.
[Reflection]