Location:

Exmouth, United Kingdom

Program Type:

Full Degree

Degree Level:

Master

Specialty:

Performing Arts

Program Overview

Program Description:

This MRes programme provides an exciting opportunity to pursue a focused and manageable research project that we help you to define. It also provides high-quality preparation for doctoral research, including practice-as-research, in the interdisciplinary field of theatre and performance. The programme includes: • the planning, development and completion of your own research project • a grounding in approaches to postgraduate research in the arts and humanities in general • practical training in appropriate research skills (for example, in the definition of a project and appropriate methodologies; the identification and analysis of textual, visual and oral sources; the location of research material in relevant libraries and archives; presenting your research and documenting your practice, etc). You will study current debates and approaches, as well as the theories, skills and methodologies necessary for contemporary performance research. Your thesis may be assessed entirely through written work or through written work and a substantial practical project that addresses particular research questions. Recent topics include: one-to-one performance; direct address in Shakespearean theatre; activism and intermediality; body art practice; performance and Holocaust memorialisation; queer drama in the 1990s; performer training; and performance and ecology. Programme content All students complete the following modules in either 12 months (full time) or 24 months (part time): • Researching performance • Research in the arts and humanities • Masters thesis in the Faculty of Arts (leading to either a practice-led or written text-only submission). Students attend individual tutorials with their supervisors as well as regular research seminar presentations with theatre and performance staff and other postgraduate students.

Additional Program Information

Accreditation:

Not applicable

Financial Aid:

No

Requirements:

Normally a 2:1 or above honours degree in a relevant subject (Theatre and Performance, Drama, Live or Fine Art, Performance Writing). Evidence that you are ready to pursue the project you propose in your application.

International Requirements:

IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent required for overseas students.