Communications, Drama and Film – Practice Blog
Celebrating the breadth and variety of practical work in the department
Communications, Drama and Film – Practice Blog
Celebrating the breadth and variety of practical work in the department
Drama academic Tony Lidington is giving his candle-lit reading of ‘A Christmas Carol’ as Charles Dickens again this year. The readings are in Teignmouth at St Michael’s Church on Saturday 21st DecemberĀ and Dawlish at The Strand Centre on Monday 23rd December.Both are free, atmospheric, Yuletide events for all the family – all donations are distributed […]
Level 3, Physical Performance, Micro Performance (assessment) sharing, Roborough Studios Tech designed and composed by the students. With thanks to the tech team and Francis Parker for supporting this student led learning. In this practice-led module, Every. Body. Is welcome. Through practical experimentation students research the many uses of the word ‘physical’, they play and […]
On 26, 27 and 28 November, the students of DRA2109 Ensemble Acting Co-Creation shared their final performances to invited audiences. The work was diverse and varied, ranging from highly physicalised dance theatre (Chains of Silence) through to a farcical murder mystery romp (Relatively Dead) through to a thoughtful naturalistic piece about isolation and friendship, captured […]
In early May 2024, the students of the MA Theatre Practice (Training & Performance Pathway) took up a week-long residency at The Globe. Their course consisted of acting, voice and movement classes, alongside tours of the buildings, lectures, performances and a Q&A with Associate Artistic Director Sean Holmes. The MA Theatre Practice has a longstanding […]
The Term 3 Festival launched with a world premiere of a new dark comedy written by Peter Oswald and performed by Peter and Howard Gayton, as part of his PhD Drama practice. The performance took place in Roborough Studio 1 on 2nd & 3rd May 2024.
Course leader Konstantinos Thomaidis ended the term with these words: 145 hours of training later… Term 1 of studio work for the MA Theatre Practice 2023 wraps up! A polaroid that couldn’t fit us all — I find this quite appropriate, accurate even:how does one capture in a single frame the careful listening or collective […]
The 3rd year Drama module ‘Physical Performance’ held a series of showings with minimal (but carefully curated) technical and practical elements. Led by tutor Emily Kreider, the groups created some powerful images, soundtracks and thoughtful performances. Photos and technical support by Lewis Mcguire
For the 2nd year optional Drama module ‘Theatres of Space, Form and Colour’, students explore histories, concepts, contexts and techniques relevant to European modernist experimentation with performance, with an emphasis the influence of the visual arts. Their final showing in Studio TS3 used media elements along with vibrant LED lighting colours to great effect. Photos […]
Second-year Drama optional module Approaches to Comedy introduced a range of performance styles and techniques and culminated in a showing in Roborough Studios.
This new Drama module involved the students working in small companies to co-create new pieces of performance, led by tutors Erin Walcon and Caleb Lee. The performances shown in the photo gallery below took place in our studios in the Alexander Building and at Roborough Studios. Photos courtesy of Erin Walcon