📖Program Curriculum
The main themes of the course the history and practice of theatre-making and writing in the global city are introduced in Year 1 enabling you to identify and understand the focus that will characterise your learning throughout the degree
Core modules
Staging Histories
Performance Vocabularies and Methods
Reading London Drama Poetry and Prose
Race Nation Identity Literatures of the World
As you progress you'll come to a fuller understanding of the relationships between various practices of writing and authorship and the London theatre scene in its myriad contexts In Year 2 the two core modules approach contemporary writing and the stage from historical critical and practical perspectives but with a distinctly and London-based focus
Core modules
The Play Today
Transforming Realities Innovation and Social Change in Twentieth Century and Contemporary Literature
Optional modules
Shakespeare Yesterday Today and Tomorrow
An Actor Prepares
Write Action Introduction to Dramatic Writing
Sex and the City From Victorian Metropolis to Modernist Wasteland
The Theatre Director crafting productions for the stage
Deadly Desires Dangerous Discourse Gothic Literature and Theory
In your final you'll choose from a range of option modules allowing you to follow your own fields of interest in both Drama and English You'll also have opportunities to contribute to public performances either in an acting capacity or "behind the scenes" via our links with The Rose Theatre in Kingston
Core modules
After Modernism Avant Garde Performance from the 1940s to the Present Day
Radical Writers
Optional modules
Drama Production Projects
Dissertation
Special study Staging the Nation Identity Politics in Contemporary Drama
Special Study Tragedy Catastrophe Trauma
Beyond Text Advanced Dramatic Writing
Black and Asian Writing
Making Shakespeare Text Performance and Adaptation
