BA (Hons) Drama: Performance, Politics and Society
Goldsmiths, University of London
Key Information
Campus location
London, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
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Introduction
BA (Hons) Drama: Performance, Politics and Society
This degree explores the practice of theatre and performance in community and educational settings, for social, political and personal change.
Why study BA Drama: Performance, Politics, and Society at Goldsmiths?
- You’ll explore the relationship between arts and activism, particularly in the fields of politics, international relations and sociology, and between a work and its historical, social, culture, and intellectual context.
- You'll think about what it means to perform in different settings including social care, prisons and community centres
- An exemplary team of Goldsmiths artists and academics will teach and mentor you. They also lead their own creative projects and continue to publish their own academic work, too – so you can be sure that what you’re learning is relevant and up-to-date.
- This degree reflects Goldsmiths’ radical, political, and interdisciplinary home of the arts and humanities in the heart of London. ;
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Year 1
In your first year you will take the following compulsory modules:
Year 1 compulsory modules
- Critical Dialogues A
- Introduction to Dramaturgy
- Processes of Performance: The Ensemble
- Scenography
- Theatre Making 1
- The Politics of Play, Plays and Playing
- Radical Performance Vocabularies
Year 2
In your second year you will study:
Year 2 modules
- Modernisms and Postmodernity A
- Questions of Performance
- Contexts of Practice
- Creativity and Culture A: Contexts
- Creativity and Culture B: Crafts
You also choose modules from the following options:
- Modernisms and Postmodernity B
- You choose one option module from a range available within the Department. The modules on offer may differ from year to year as they reflect staff interests, but modules recently offered include:
- Module title
- Theatre and the Artistic Avant-Garde
- Women, Feminism & Playwrighting
- Samuel Beckett: Performance, Writing and Philosophy
- Bertolt Brecht and Political Theatre
- Modernisms and Postmodernity B: Activism and the Theatrical Avant Garde
- Postmodern Gender, Identity, and Queer Theory
- Elements of Theatre History
- The aim here is to develop an understanding of the relationship between a work and its historical - social, cultural, intellectual - context. You choose one 15 credit module. Options are likely to change from year to year depending on staff interests, but modules offered recently include:
Module title
- Elements of Theatre History: American Theatre in the Mid-20th Century
- Elements of Theatre History: Shakespeare & Renaissance Theatre
- Elements of Theatre History: Classical Greek Theatre
- Elements of Theatre History: Theatre of Revival and Revolt: 20th Century Ireland
- Elements of Theatre History: Russian Theatre
- Elements of Theatre History: Spanish & Catalan Theatre
- Elements of Theatre History: African Theatre
- Elements of Theatre History: British Alternative Theatre History
- ETH: Polish Theatre
- Elements of Theatre History: Francophone Theatres from Africa, the Caribbean and Canada
Year 3
In your third year you will study:
Year 3 modules Module title
- Culture and Performance: Critical Cultural Theory
- Culture and Performance B: Options
- Theatre Making 3: Laboratory and Projects
- Major Research Project: Drama
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
The BA Performance, Politics and Society course will educate and develop you as a critically thinking, creatively articulate, politically informed, socially engaged artist in contemporary theatre and performance. ;
The programme supports students to actively engage with a range of community, social and educational workplaces beyond primarily performance contexts. This offers a broader understanding of the place that performance holds in society and opens up a range of future employment possibilities.
This degree also offers an excellent foundation for further academic study, particularly in areas of applied theatre, theatre sociology and art and politics. It provides specific skills in drama and theatre facilitation, as well as creative practice. In addition, it will develop your aptitude for critical engagement with key theoretical questions about society, culture and politics. By integrating academic skills into the core curriculum, you will complete the degree with excellent oral and written communication, group interaction and management, IT skills and more. ;
Most importantly, the degree exposes students to professional practice through work placements, international study opportunities and expertise from visiting practitioners. This will allow you to graduate with a portfolio of skills that are directly relevant to future employers. ;
English Language Requirements
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