Playwriting & Dramaturgy [MLitt]
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University of Glasgow is perfect and lectures were nice and totally amazing. They provide informative, interesting and engaging lectures. I would recommend it to all.
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They put a lot of effort to make people comfortable and to create connections. The standard of teaching is incomparable and the campus is so beautiful.
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My experience at Glasgow has been amazing. I feel like home. Everyday I am meeting new people and making good friends. The clubs are amazing.
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Postgraduate
In Glasgow
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
Glasgow (Scotland)
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Start date
Different dates available
Theatre Studies at Glasgow is one of the longest-established theatre programmes in the UK. Our internationally renowned reputation for research, practice and teaching ensures an ideal environment for the pursuit of Masters study. A significant part of the programme is delivered by professional writers and dramaturges, ensuring you engage with a wide variety of practices and that the programme content is relevant and up to date with the latest trends in theatre. The programme includes the opportunity for playwrights to develop a major script, through workshops and staged readings with actors and directors. In addition to masterclasses and workshops with external specialists, the work placement or internship builds on our long-term links and collaborations with an extensive number of theatre practitioners and arts organisations, including the National Theatre of Scotland, the Playwrights’ Studio, the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), The Tron and the Citizens’ Theatre. The city of Glasgow provides an unbeatable location for the programme. Glasgow is home to a huge variety of theatres and nationally significant theatre organisations that produce and show a range from the experimental and risky to the traditional and repertory, from canonical and new writing to devised and physical performance.
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Reviews
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University of Glasgow is perfect and lectures were nice and totally amazing. They provide informative, interesting and engaging lectures. I would recommend it to all.
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They put a lot of effort to make people comfortable and to create connections. The standard of teaching is incomparable and the campus is so beautiful.
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My experience at Glasgow has been amazing. I feel like home. Everyday I am meeting new people and making good friends. The clubs are amazing.
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Course rating
Recommended
Centre rating
Viola
Emma McNulty
Laura
Subjects
- IT
- Theatre
- Skills and Training
- Writing
- Teaching
- Performance
Course programme
Our programme is the only one in Scotland that combines playwriting with dramaturgy. You will undertake core practical playwriting courses and core dramaturgy courses before choosing to specialise in one pathway.
A significant part of the programme is delivered by professional writers and dramaturges. This programme also includes the opportunity for playwrights to develop a major script, through workshops and staged readings with actors and directors.
Core teaching is delivered in two semesters, followed by an independent desk- or practice-based project.
Our core courses introduce you to the foundations of both playwriting as a craft, and dramaturgy as a historical and contemporary practice.
In addition, core courses develop other skills useful to the role of the dramaturg and the practitioner, including critical reading, writing and reflection, independent research skills (such as archival and audience research), and presentation skills.
These courses will also prepare you to pursue doctoral study in the future.
Courses include- Playwriting
- Dramaturgy: Histories and Practices
- Reading and Interpreting Performance
- Dramaturgical Work Placement
- Research Methods
- Independent Research Project.
Additional information
Our successful programme is currently the only one in Scotland that combines playwriting with dramaturgy. All students undertake a practical playwriting course and a dramaturgy course, before then choosing to specialise in one pathway.
This combination of playwriting and dramaturgy mirrors the reality of theatre practice. Playwriting, as a craft, inevitably engages processes of dramaturgy – including the construction, structure and form of a play. The programme design also responds to the contemporary theatre industry where playwrights are often...
Playwriting & Dramaturgy [MLitt]
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