Applied Directing: Rehearsal PracticeLab (DRAM60025)

Applied Practice Rehearsal Practice Lab builds on knowledge and techniques specific to the discipline of directing for theatre introduced in Directing Methodologies and all other subjects in Semester 1. Through skills classes and seminars the subject explores the role of the director as part of a creative team, defining the skills, qualities and processes that are essential to the practising professional director. The subject involves a series of practical workshops and seminar sessions concerned with different aspects of the role of the director, particularly in relation to working with actor and dramatic text. The course will examine text through a variety of lenses, each of which will elucidate a particular aspect of directorial practice. Areas of skill development include:

• Creative exploration & text analysis;

• Working with actors;

• Scene study