Applied Directing: Rehearsal PracticeLab (DRAM60025)

Graduate coursework level 6Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)

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Semester 2
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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

Intended learning outcomes

Upon completion of this subject students should be able to:



  • Begin to articulate an individual directing philosophy that has at its base the qualities of creativity and experimentation;
  • Understand the role of the director within the construct of a theatrical production, particularly the preparatory research and creative development stages;
  • Explore ways of connecting imaginatively with dramatic texts;
  • Demonstrate a practical and theoretical understanding of ways of generating performance from written text;
  • The ability to operate ethically within the practice lab.
  • Develop a productive working method for the process of creative collaboration;
  • Actively engage in creative and pragmatic discussions, building a language for constructive analysis and feedback on work, both in progress and as performance;
  • Document, reflect upon and evaluate their own and others’ creative process through discussion, journal-keeping and reflective writing;
  • The ability to read, comprehend and discuss a text within a rehearsal context.

Generic skills

Upon completion of this subject students should be able to:

  • Create and organise aesthetic material
  • Use a range of research tools and methodologies
  • Solve problems
  • Lead others in the skills of problem solving
  • Interpret and analyse
  • Develop the capacity for critical thinking
  • Work as a leader showing initiative and openness

Last updated: 3 November 2022