University of the West of England

MODULE SPECIFICATION

(Revised November 2002)

Code: UATPA8-30-2 Title: Theatre in Education (Touring) Version: 3

Level: 2 UWE credit rating: 30 ECTS credit rating: 15

Module type: Professional Practice

Owning Faculty: Faculty of Creative Arts/Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Field: Professional Acting

Faculty Committee Approval: Q & S Committee Date: 7th October 2009

Valid from: Sept 2009 Discontinued from:

Contributes towards: BA Hons Professional Acting

Pre-requisites: All level 1 modules relevant to the above award

Co-requisites: None

Excluded combinations: Any Stage Management Modules.

    Learning outcomes:

    On satisfactory completion of this module the student will be able to:

    Knowledge and Understanding

    • Demonstrate a good standard of performance skills appropriate to junior school audiences

    • Understand the application of performance techniques as educative tools;

    Intellectual Skills

    • Research and explore a range of possibilities in communicating a given role to junior school audiences

    • Communicate, discuss and engage creatively with the artistic requirements and interpretation of the production as made explicit by the director and the demands of the text.

    Subject / Practical Skills

    • Build on the previous tour experience to further develop the ability to apply and enhance performance skills gained in Level 1 modules in a wide variety of performance venues, communicating clearly with young audiences.

    • The ability to apply the self-management and self-discipline demanded by this field of employment.

    • Work effectively as a member of a typical Theatre in Education Touring Company demonstrating the appropriate performance, technical and management skills;

    • Further develop and refine audition techniques and self-presentation skills.

    Transferable Skills

    • Maintain concentration and performance focus in a variety of performance situations and locations.

    • Able to work reliably and consistently under touring conditions.

    • Set props and other scenic effects accurately.

Syllabus outline:

The syllabus will cover; acting; movement; mime; combat; text study; rehearsal and performance through a short tour to junior schools.

Teaching and learning methods:

Students will have the opportunity to learn through rehearsals, workshops, group classes, auditions and tutorials.

Reading Strategy

Students are encouraged to become familiar with the subject area, and texts specific to the module, through reading lists and reference material provided. Lists are updated annually to maintain currency and relevance. Each department holds texts and reference material, as well as the general access provided to the Schools library and access to the Internet. The specifically vocational nature of training and study, combined with the project based nature of learning on the course, may require that students are guided to reading and research material in the first instance by the module leader.

NB: BOVTS students do not have access to UWE Libraries and UWE OnLine

Indicative sources:

The primary source for this module will be the text in question eg. - Shakespeare - The Tempest .

Background research material will depend entirely on the period, style and character involved in the script.

Suggested reading includes:

Boal Augusto - Games for Actors and Non-Actors, (Routledge, 2002)

Introduction to Arden Tempest - (1999, Alden T Vaugan, ed.)

Assessment

ATTEMPT 1

First Assessment Opportunity

Description of each element Element weighting

1. Theatre in Education Touring 100%

Assessment of the understanding of and ability to apply and develop basic acting technique and performance skills in theatre-in-education. Assessment of contribution to touring company and competency in stage management skills.

Second Assessment Opportunity (further attendance at taught classes is required)

Description of each element Element weighting

1. Theatre in Education Touring 100%

Assessment of the understanding of and ability to apply and develop basic acting technique and performance skills in theatre-in-education. Assessment of contribution to touring company and competency in stage management skills.

SECOND (OR SUBSEQUENT) ATTEMPT Attendance at taught classes is required.

Specification confirmed by …………………………………………………Date ……………………………

(Associate Dean/Programme Director)

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