Acting (Contemporary Performance)

About this programme

This new course is for actors interested in experimental and innovative approaches to global storytelling. You will develop essential acting skills while becoming part of a new generation of practitioners who can work across mediums to develop multidisciplinary and disruptive methods of engaging audiences. The course celebrates new ground-breaking and cutting edge work that directly addresses culture, diversity, and community engagement. It builds on our successful collaborations with some of the UK’s most exciting theatre companies, including Gecko, Slung Low and ThickSkin, who have worked with students to produce devised immersive, physical and experimental performances. These productions have placed the audience at the heart of the action while engaging with global voices, cultures and communities. In this module you integrate acting, movement and voice skills as you are introduced to, then deepen your understanding of conceptual approaches to acting. You explore a variety of global practitioner approaches as you develop the technical skills to understand and realise the fundamentals of cont... + Expand Content The Actor's Preparation: Contemporary Performance Principles II In this module you continue to develop your ability to integrate acting, movement and voice skills through inventive performance approaches. You advance your technical interdisciplinary skills by applying them to challenging international work and via decolonised perspectives. You deconstruct and ... + Expand Content The Actor's Preparation: Acting Principles III In this module you deepen your under