BA (Hons) Acting for Stage and Screen Bachelor's degree at Coventry University

This module teaches essential acting skills for live and digital media through practical training and critical inquiry. Develop voice, movement and characterisation techniques while exploring performance methodologies, improvisation and storytelling. This module integrates ethical and theoretical considerations, fostering self-reflection and analysis. Apply diverse techniques to varied mediums to build a robust foundation for future artistic and professional growth.

Explore storytelling in performance, focusing on how actors use voice, body and space to engage audiences. Through practical exercises and reflection, create performances with minimal resources, exploring solo and ensemble techniques. Examine narrative structure, character embodiment and improvisation while developing skills in self-evaluation and analysis, fostering creativity and adaptability in performance-making.

Advance your acting skills for live and screen-based media through practical training, text analysis and exploration of actor training methods. Refine voice, movement and character techniques while learning to adapt performances across genres. Gain hands-on experience in recording and editing for screen, combining technical skills with critical reflection to enhance your versatility as a performer.

Create and produce a devised performance, forming a company responsible for creative, logistical and technical aspects. Through collaboration, improvisation and exploration of contemporary theatre practices, develop artistic, technical and problem-solving skills. Gain experience in staging, design and marketing, fostering a holistic understanding of performance creation and professional production processes.

Train in acting for narrative film, building on prior skills to meet on-camera performance demands. Learn technical aspects like camera angles, blocking and lighting while refining techniques such as tone, eyeline and hitting marks. Through workshops and screenings, develop the skills to confidently prepare and perform in filmed scenes.

Intensively explore the acting challenges of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Refine voice, movement and characterisation through practical workshops, tackling Renaissance drama's linguistic and structural complexities. Analyse verse, metre and rhetoric while engaging in scene work and staging. Emphasis is placed on vocal, physical and emotional demands, cultural adaptation and modern reinterpretation, building flexible, professional performance skills.

Explore contemporary performance-making through both practical and theoretical lenses, emphasising devised work in non-traditional spaces. Engage with site-specific theatre, immersive performance and digital integration while collaborating on innovative, original projects. Examine experimental methodologies and cultural frameworks, developing skills in audience engagement, multi-platform storytelling and reflective creative practice to effectively navigate evolving performance landscapes with pr

Immerse yourself in diverse performance texts from ancient to contemporary periods, fostering understanding of cultural, historical, sociological and stylistic influences. Through professional rehearsals and collaborative production roles, including performance, marketing, design and technical work, refine acting techniques and organisational skills. Public performances and reflective journaling culminate in practical, critical experience mounting professional-standard theatre productions.

This module provides you with an opportunity to reflect upon and gain experience for an approved placement undertaken during your programme. A placement should usually be at least 26 weeks or equivalent; however, each placement will be considered on its own merits, having regard to the ability to achieve the learning outcomes.

This module provides you with an opportunity to reflect upon and gain experience for an approved international study/work placement undertaken during your programme. A work/study placement should usually be at least 26 weeks or equivalent; however, each placement will be considered on its own merits, having regard to the ability to achieve the learning outcomes.

Gain hands-on professional creative experience by partnering with industry practitioners to create live, filmed or digital performances. Refine advanced performance techniques, technical skills and collaborative practices while developing professional attitudes and adaptability. The emphasis is on individual and ensemble work, reflective self-analysis and meeting industry expectations, ultimately preparing you for a confident transition into professional environments.

Focus on the development of voice, movement and character through the exploration of a range of techniques, practices and theories. Skills sessions will be linked to a series of workshops that develop vocal dexterity and the application of vocal technique in performance. Test your techniques against a variety of texts/situations to foster an appreciation of how different vocal tones can suit different styles of text and how the aesthetic response to text informs considerations of pitch, pace and

Designed to develop a deep understanding of professionalism in the performing arts and creative industries, this module encourages self-reflection, career planning and social responsibility. Explore industry structures, career pathways and commercial pressures through workshops and case studies. By critically evaluating your artistic identity and skills, gain practical tools to navigate professional landscapes and transition from training to employment.

Challenge yourself to conceive, develop and present a substantial collaborative performance project. Integrating skills and knowledge from your training, lead project design, research and rehearsals, and manage planning, budgeting and documentation. By assuming key creative roles and engaging in critical reflection, gain leadership and project management skills, preparing you for careers in the performing arts industry.