BA (Hons) Drama

Level 4 (Year 1 of Full-Time Programme)

DRA1101 Drama, Theatre and the Idea of the Play: Concepts, Cultures, Contexts (20 credits)

DRA1102 The History of the Actor: Traditions and Styles (20 credits)

DRA1103 Introducing the Art of the Actor: Text, Voice, Chorus (20 credits)

DRA1104 Staging the Play: Text into Action (20 credits)

DRA1105 Analysing Theatre Productions: Interrogating the Performance Text (20 credits)

You will select one of the following modules:

DRA1106 Drama Technique Workshops 1: Basic Practical Skills Development (20 credits)

TEC1100 Introduction to Technical Theatre (20 credits)

Language modules in French, Spanish or Mandarin, delivered at the Edge Hill Language Centre, are available to study as an integral part of this degree. A single Language module can be studied instead of either DRA1106 Drama Technique Workshops 1: Basic Practical Skills Development or TEC1100 Introduction to Technical Theatre.

Level 5 (Year 2 of Full-Time Programme)

DRA2101 The Modern Age of Drama: Forms, Movements, Modernity (20 credits)

DRA2102 Modern Theatre Practitioners: Principles, Practices, Purposes (20 credits)

DRA2103 Modern Rehearsal Strategies: Process Research (20 credits)

DRA2104 The Making of Modern Theatre: Staging Classic Modern Plays (20 credits)

You will select two of the following modules:

CIR2102 Clown (20 credits)

CIR2103 Contemporary Circus (20 credits)

CIR2104 Aerial Dance: Breaking Ground (20 credits)

CIR2105 Aerial Circus Performance (20 credits)

DAN2107 Dance Theatre Performance (20 credits)

DAN2108 Movement for the Singing Actor (20 credits)

DES2101 Visual Dramaturgy (20 credits)

DES2104 Costume for Performance (20 credits)

DES2105 The Body in Costume (20 credits)

DES2107 Introduction to Prosthetic Make Up (20 credits)

DRA2105 Imagining Better Worlds: Theatre, Learning and Development (20 credits)

DRA2106 Drama Technique Workshops 2: Advanced Practical Skills Development (20 credits)

DRA2107 The Art and Craft of the Playwright (20 credits)

DRA2108 The Art of the Actor and Rise of the Director (20 credits)

DRA2109 English Renaissance Tragedy: The Theatre of Sweet Violence and Wild Justice (20 credits)

DRA2110 The Dramatic Art of Comedy: Making Purposeful Laughter in the Theatre (20 credits)

MUS2105 Popular Musicals (20 credits)

PFA2101 Site Specific Performance (20 credits)

PFA2104 Light and Projection in Performance (20 credits)

PFA2105 Nineteenth Century Popular Performance (20 credits)

PFA2107 Multimedia Shakespeare (20 credits)

TEC2100 Developing Technical Theatre Skills (20 credits)

If you studied a Language module in Year 1, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 2. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of one of the optional modules above.

Level 6 (Year 3 of Full-Time Programme)

DRA3101 Researching Contemporary Drama: Theatre and Postmodernity (20 credits)

DRA3102 The Contemporary Ensemble: Theatre Manifestos (20 credits)

PAR3103 Ensemble Production Project (20 credits)

PAR3104 Dissertation (20 credits)

You will select two of the following modules:

AER3001 Aerial Performance 2 (20 credits)

CIR3102 Applied Circus (20 credits)

CIR3103 Circus and Silent Movies (20 credits)

CIR3104 Independent Aerial Projects (20 credits)

DAN3104 Jazz Dance (20 credits)

DES3101 The Scenographic Space (20 credits)

DES3103 Scenographic Costumes (20 credits)

DES3104 Advanced Prosthetic Make Up and Special Effects (20 credits)

DES3105 Practice as Research in Costume (20 credits)

DRA3103 Acting and Directing Reconsidered (20 credits)

DRA3104 Theatre, Gender and Sexual Politics (20 credits)

DRA3105 Theatre of War: Ideological Conflict and Political Commitment in Drama (20 credits)

DRA3106 Postcolonial Theatres (20 credits)

DRA3107 On the Road: Enabling Better Worlds (20 credits)

DRA3108 Event Planning and Management (20 credits)

MUS3102 Contemporary Musical Theatres (20 credits)

MUS3103 American Musicals (20 credits)

PAR3106 Arts and Enterprise (20 credits)

PFA3103 Installation and Immersive Performance (20 credits)

PFA3104 Drag Kings and Drag Queens (20 credits)

PFA3106 Autobiographical Performance (20 credits)

PFA3107 Contemporary Popular Performance (20 credits)

PFA3108 Dancing Anarchy (20 credits)

TEC3100 Advanced Technical Theatre Skills (20 credits)

If you studied Language modules in Years 1 and 2, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 3. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of one of the optional modules above.

Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements.