Theatre and Performance Studies
Analytical and creative responses to art and life
Our degree programme is built around a core first year, followed by a second and third year that offer increasing optionality to suit individual interests and promote independent study.
In your first year you will study the following modules:
- Contemporary Performance Practices: introducing you to the diverse range of approaches to creating theatre and performance.
- Introduction to Theatre: introduces you to ways of analysing plays and players; performance spaces, spectatorship and the material conditions of performance.
- Introduction to Performance: introduces Performance Studies as a method with which to interrogate and understand diverse social, cultural and performance processes.
In your second year you will select options from a range of practice and seminar-based modules. These may change on a yearly basis, but examples have included: Theatre in the Community, Writing for Performance, American Theatre, Dramaturgy, 20th Century Irish Theatre, and Performing Ethnicity.
In your third year you will pursue an independent piece of practice-based research or a 10,000 word research topic that you define, and on which you are supported by a dedicated supervisor. You also choose module options from a range of research-led modules that draw specifically on the research expertise of staff, for example Theatre and National Identities, Intercultural Theatre, Theatre of the ‘New’ Europe.
Modules
Modules currently available in the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies include Introduction to Theatre, Contemporary Performance Practices, Introduction to Performance, Aspects of Theatre and Performance, Theatre in the Community, Improvisation, European Street Theatre, Performance and Text, Writing for performance.
Options vary between courses and are subject to change.
For more details about the modules on offer at this time, take a look at the Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies website.
Assessment
Students are assessed through practical projects, creative logbooks, essays, individual and group presentations, and exams, and receive regular feedback on their work as an integral part of teaching and learning.
Student Profile: Judith Durkin, 3rd year, Theatre and Performance Studies
'I was attracted to Theatre at Warwick by the breadth and depth of the course and the friendly campus atmosphere. The School is small enough to know everyone by name, yet varied enough to provide support, no matter what your interest, and offers a wide range of practical and theoretical modules. The degree lays the foundations for careers in theatre or other academic pursuits and has allowed me find my passion within this varied subject.
Theatre at Warwick stretches beyond the degree. I am an exec member of three theatre societies and have produced 14 plays, taken one production to the Edinburgh Festival and co-ordinated a writing festival. Having Warwick Arts Centre on campus is invaluable, enabling me to watch work that I have recently studied'.
UCAS Code: W440 BA/ThPS
TYPICAL OFFERS
The typical offers listed below are for 2012 entry.
A level: AAB + AS level B.
A levels in Applied Subjects and Mixed Portfolios: Grades required will be similar to those for candidates taking academic A and AS qualifications. A level (normally grade A) in Theatre Studies, English or History is normally also required.
International Baccalaureate: 36 points, including 6 at Higher Level in Theatre Studies, English Literature or History.
Scottish Qualifications: Advanced Higher AA + Higher ABB in three other subjects.
Cambridge Pre-U: D3 D3 M2.
Welsh Baccalaureate: See here
Overseas Qualifications: See here
Access Courses: Access to HE Diploma (QAA-recognised) including appropriate subjects with distinction grades in level 3 units. An additional A level is preferred.
General Studies/Critical Thinking: Offers normally exclude General Studies. Critical Thinking normally acceptable to AS level only.
ESSENTIAL SUBJECTS
We prefer Theatre Studies/Drama at A level, but we consider all subject combinations including: English Liturature, Art & Design, History, Sociology or science subjects. If your school/college does not offer Theatre Studies/ Drama, this should be made clear on your application.
Further Information
Gap Year: Applications for deferred entry can normally only be considered in exceptional circumstances.
Interview Days: All candidates being considered for an offer will be expected to attend an Interview Day. Departmental Interview Days are normally held on Wednesdays between late November and March, for selected candidates only.
Departmental Open Days: Candidates invited to interview attend presentations about the Department and will also be offered the opportunity to meet staff and students.
Admissions: +44 (0)24 7652 3723
Email: ugadmissions@warwick.ac.uk
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