1. REFLECT UPON THE INTER-RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF APPLIED THEATRE AND PEDAGOGIC THEORIES.

2. ¿ARTICULATE HOW YOU ADAPTED TO THE NEEDS OF THE PARTICIPANTS, MANAGED THE SESSION(S) EFFECTIVELY AND MOTIVATED PARTICIPANTS.

3. UTILISE A RANGE OF PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL SKILLS IN THE PLANNING AND CREATION OF APPLIED OR TEACHING DRAMA CONTEXTS.

All individually assessed.

Assessment 1: Practical Project [LOs 3,4]
The practical project is negotiated dependent on area of expertise and interest. Although working in small teams of between 2 and 4, all work is individually assessed and no longer than 30 minutes.

Assessment 2: Reflective Viva [LOs 1,2]
Responding to pre-issued questions, you will articulate your reflections on the making and execution of your workshop or project. You may use any accompanying documentation as a vehicle to discuss your reflections (e.g. lesson plans or participant feedback) but this is not essential.

This module introduces you to the theory and practice of teaching and facilitating drama in social, community, applied and educational contexts. For those who wish to explore teaching and workshopping/community drama, this module allows you to gain skills for career and professional development.

It ensures that you have the knowledge, skills and understanding to run a drama workshop or project for a negotiated target organisation or body of your choice.

This module will allow you to examine the history and development of applied theatre practice particularly in educational contexts. This important branch area of theatre practice will be examined in the light of its history and methodologies in a global context, as well as teaching key pedagogic methodologies (e.g. cognitive, behaviourist, neurolist).

Examples of Applied theatre drawn upon may include Theatre of the Oppressed; Drama in Education; Community Theatre; Theatre for Social Change; Theatre in Museums; Reminiscence Theatre and Heritage Theatre.

You will study the drama and theatre practice which exists outside of mainstream theatre institutions and examine audience and participant levels of engagement and evaluative frameworks.

You will also draw upon the theory and practice of applied theatre practitioner Augusto Boal and his pioneering approach to theatre for social change. The theory and practice of Forum Theatre will be studied and explored; as well as preceding and proceeding practices such as Image Theatre, Newspaper Theatre and Invisible Theatre.

Interested in teaching or applying your drama work in social or community contexts? This module introduces you to the theory and practice of teaching and facilitating drama in social, community, applied and educational contexts. For those who wish to explore teaching and workshopping/community drama as a career, this optional module is for you.

You will learn from actively engaging with theories and practices in a mixed mode teaching environment, incorporating workshops, masterclasses, readings and discussion (the latter you will need to prepare for prior to attending the session).

You will be required to read and refer to examples of good practice drawn from a wide variety of theatre practitioners, pedagogues, critics and academics and to be able to contextualise your own work from the rich landscape of non-western and western traditions.

Teaching Drama:
Bates, B. (2019). Learning Theories Simplified. Sage Publications.
Haylo, R (2000) Dramatic Events: How to Run A Successful Workshop. Faber And Faber.
Honeybourne, V (2018). The Neurodiverse Classroom. Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Johnstone, C (1998). House Of Games, Chris Johnston. NHB
Fleming, M. (2017). Starting Teaching Drama. Routledge
Fox, A. (2021). GCSE Drama: Live Theatre Evaluation. Illuminate Publishing.
Johnstone, C. (2011). Drama Games for Those Who Like To Say No. NHB: London.
Kempe, A & Nicolson, H (2013). Learning To Teach Drama 11-18. Bloomsbury
Marsden, S. (2019). 100 Acting Exercises For 8-18 Year Olds. Methuen Drama
Whiltfield, P (2019). Teaching Strategies for Neurodiversity and Dyslexia in Actor Training. Routledge.

Applied Drama:
Boal. A. (2002) . Games For Actors and Non-Actors. Routledge
Boal, A. (2000). Theatre Of the Oppressed. Pluto Press
Boal, A. (1995). The Rainbow of Desire. Routledge
Boal, A. (1998). Legislative Theatre: Using Performance to Make Politics. Routledge.
Chinyowa, K (2010). Communicating Development through Applied Theatre: Case Study of a Community Theatre Project in South Africa. Lambert Academic Publishing

Cohen-Cruz, J. (2006). Dialogues On Theatre and Cultural Politics. Routledge
Kershaw, B (1992) The Politics of Performance-Radical Theatre as Cultural Intervention. Routledge.
Kuppers, P (2007). Community Performance- An Introduction. Routledge
Nicolson, H. (2005). Applied Drama. Hampshire: Palgrave Press.
Taylor, P. (2003). Applied Theatre: Creating Transformative Encounters in The Community. Greenwood Press
Thompson, J. (2006). Applied Theatre: Bewilderment and Beyond. Peter Lang Publications

AV within mixed mode teaching spaces
Library
Internet
Box of Broadcasts
VLE
Props and costumes from store for workshops.