MA Text and Performance and Dramaturgy Taster Session for Offer Holders
When:
—
Venue:
Online
Come and join us for our MA Text and Performance and MA Dramaturgy taster session.
MA Text and Performance and Dramaturgy is part of the School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication.
You will have the opportunity to chat with our programme director Dr Martin Young and find out more about the programmes.
Dr Martin Young will give a taster lecture on debbie tucker green's play ear for eye and the question of 'contemporary performance'. This comes from a module in both programmes ‘Contemporary Performance Cultures’.
In MA Text and Performance, you will explore the dynamic relationship between text and performance through a combination of:
- writing for and about theatre and performance
- theatre practice
- performance-making
- academic study.
This unique course is supported by the creative and critical interests of Birkbeck staff and the theatre-making expertise of associate artists that include Birkbeck Centre for Contemporary Theatre Fellows.
MA Dramaturgy is taught by world-leading academic researchers, artists and industry professionals, you will explore diverse aspects of dramaturgy through a combination of:
- academic study
- dramaturgical practice
- writing for and about theatre and performance
- theatre composition
- performance-making.
This MA Dramaturgy is unique in approaching dramaturgy from multiple standpoints: practical, theoretical, and institutional. It is offered in association with guest artists, recently including Zoe Svendsen, Tim Crouch, Karen Christopher, Sarah Sigal, Dickie Beau and Lou Cope.
This event will be online.
ITINERARY
12:00pm - 12:15pm - Programme intro (structure, modules, indicative timetable, teaching style, features, employability, practical opportunities, admission requirement etc.)
12:15pm - 12:40pm - Taster Lecture and/or Workshop Activity with Martin Young
12:40pm – 13:00pm - Q&A
Contact name:
Student Recruitment Team