MA Stage Management & Technical Theatre

As this course is subject to validation the module details have yet to be finalized, but the outline structure will be as follows:

• Core Stage Management Module (20 credits): This module will introduce you to the theories and structures underpinning the discipline of stage management. It will enable you to analyse and evaluate the different team structures that are used across the entertainment industry. I will also allow you to critically examine, and reflect on, ways in which different skill sets may be adapted and applied to the stage management profession. You will develop your existing research skills and be introduced you to a variety of methodologies relevant to your chosen field.
• Core Technical Skills Module (20 credits): This module will provides you with the theories underpinning theatre lighting, sound, and AV. It will also allow you to put your knowledge into practice, both with equipment in the classroom and in outside venues, such as Edinburgh’s acclaimed Traverse Theatre. In addition to developing practical skills underpinned by relevant theory, you will learn to critically analyse technical theatre practices in a wide range of contexts throughout the live entertainment industry.
• Professional Practice Module 1 (40 credits): This module aims to introduce you to the professional working environment and enable you to use your experiences to critically reflect on current working practices in stage management and technical theatre production.
• Professional Practice Module 2 (40 credits): This module will allow you to integrate and synthesize critical theoretical knowledge and understanding and technical skills developed in the different modules of the course and apply these in a practical working environment. You will gain insight into working practices in a chosen area of stage management. You will slos exercise autonomy and initiative, gaining experience of working effectively as a member of staff in a practitioner setting and, based on this and knowledge gained from the course, developing a critical appreciation of operating and managing professionally in a working environment. The module will allow to you reflect on the practice, attributes and skillset required for a career in the creative industries and evaluate your own career ambitions in the context of the industry.
• Dissertation/Project (60 credits): Through undertaking a project that suits your strengths, interests and career aspirations, you will have the opportunity to undertake a substantial piece of work that will develop your academic rigour, professional skills, independence and self-direction. You will explore and apply relevant academic or professional approaches and practical skills, including those acquired in the taught component of the course. Your work will allow you to explore a topic or area of interest to a degree of critical depth that will provide you with a valuable level of expertise in an area relevant to your professional interests and career aspirations. In completing your project, you will have produced a piece of original work which offers reflections, recommendations or conclusions that have the potential to contribute to the continued development of stage management practice.