MA Dramaturgy & Writing for Performance
Goldsmiths, University of London
Key Information
Campus location
London, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
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Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
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Introduction
MA Dramaturgy & Writing for Performance
A unique programme for dramaturges and playwrights, this programme concentrates on the process of writing for live performance, together with an ongoing evaluation of the work in process.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Autumn term
- Theatre as Event site-specific performance
- Authenticity and Live Performance verbatim theatre
- Writing for Specific Audiences childrens/young persons theatre project
- Creative Collaboration multimedia collaboration withMA Performance Makingand Studio Composition students from theDepartment of Music
Spring term
You will develop your work on Dramaturgy with the term-long practical workshopmoduleCreative Intervention in Text. This will examine: translation; adaptation of work from other media for live performance; and the re-writing and/or adaptation of extant plays; planning and curating seasons of performance work. You will assemble a portfolio of creative projects for assessment.
You also start work on yourFinal Projectthe personal Dissertation-equivalent project that will be the core of your work for the next six months). Weekly seminars and workshops will examine themes relevant to the range of projects chosen, and a first draft or outline will be produced. Each project will be the focus of individual tutorials, and then a class workshop led by a guest dramaturg, director or playwright as appropriate. You will then plan the next phase of the research or development of your project.
Summer term
You will present the second draft of your project for another phase of tutorials and group workshops.
Playwritingprojects will then be prepared for some form of public rehearsed reading or scratch performance, in extract form with the writers involved in all aspects of the work.
Dramaturgyprojects will be given practical support of an appropriate, equivalent kind. You will further develop your work, with tutorials and workshops and public presentation of work as appropriate, before writing and submitting the finished project.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Numerous playwrights completing this programme receive high-level professional development opportunities, commissions, awards and full-scale productions of their work at major new writing centres in the UK, USA and in continental Europe. Many also work for at least part of the time in the fields of script development (for theatre and television), and in theatre publication.
English Language Requirements
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