Drama and Theatre Studies

Course summary

Drama and theatre studies is challenging in its requirement for you to have both practical skills and the ability to write analytically and originally in a formal written exam. This is one of only a few truly creative courses. It promotes communication, collaborative learning and problem solving fostering creativity as well as personal and social development. ,t is a well-balanced course, encouraging academic rigour in the study and analysis of texts, and creativity in putting theory into practice via performance or technical design. Each week the lessons are split between lessons attributed to practical-based performance and exploration of practitioners such as Brecht, Stanislavski, /Lecoq, Frantic Assembly, & Complicite and Berkoff, and lessons being primarily desk-based as you prepare the set texts (As You Like It, Accidental Death Of An Anarchist, and The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time) for the written exam.