Acting and Performance Making 2A (DRAM20014)

Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)

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This subject is focused on deepening the ensemble practice developed in Level 1 Acting and Performance Making. The foundations of the art of acting are developed through deeper interrogation of text, actor’s process and contemporary rehearsal techniques. This subject explores the application of the core principles of performance creation (body, space, action, word, meaning, score, rhythm and repetition) through intense interpretive rehearsal processes. Actors will explore historical, emerging, collaborative and mediated theatrical paradigms.

Intended learning outcomes

On the completion of this subject students should be able to:



  • Discern the requirements of a process by the use of script analysis.
  • Apply an approach to creating character from an extant text.
  • Work constructively as an individual within an ensemble.
  • Lead self-directed projects in small groups.
  • Apply suitable craft skills to the development of performance (create and sustain the imaginary world of the character and the narrative, reveal inner life and advance textual meaning).

Generic skills

On completion of this subject students should have acquired the following skills:

  • The ability to transfer conceptual thinking into practice
  • The ability to create and organise aesthetic material
  • The ability to analyse written material
  • The development a belief in the self
  • The ability to trust the work process in which they are involved
  • The capacity for imaginative and transformative activity.
  • The capacity to give and receive informed feedback.
  • The ability to initiate ideas and put them into practice.

Last updated: 3 November 2022