BA (Hons) Acting (Contemporary Performance) Bachelor's degree at LIPA

In this module you integrate acting, movement and voice skills as you are introduced to, then deepen your understanding of conceptual approaches to acting. You explore a variety of global practitioner approaches as you develop the technical skills to understand and realise the fundamentals of contemporary practice. You understand how movement and voice skills can provide a framework for material analysis and the application of technique in interdisciplinary and interpretative storytelling. You w

In this module you continue to develop your ability to integrate acting, movement and voice skills through inventive performance approaches. You advance your technical interdisciplinary skills by applying them to challenging international work and via decolonised perspectives. You deconstruct and re-imagine traditional material to find bold and ambitious ideas and use digital technology and material within a creative performance to enhance storytelling.

In this module you deepen your understanding of how to apply your technical acting, movement and voice skills to an inventive performance. Working with a director or facilitator you create an original project that is inspired by a groundbreaking company or artist. It will enable you to create a brave, multilayered and interdisciplinary performance that demonstrates your understanding of global practitioner methods and creative research to an audience of your peers and staff.

In this module, you will develop the necessary skills to create original work and extend your ability to work as part of a creative ensemble. Narrative and performance sessions include devised, verbatim and site-specific approaches to generating original works. As part of a small group, you create a short staged, digital or audio performance. Alongside creative skills you undertake research and development, understanding cultural perspectives and audience demographics to ensure your work is rele

This module enables you to explore experimental performance approaches, combining technology and live creation to analyse advanced approaches to contemporary performance. You adapt and expand your technical knowledge and interdisciplinary abilities as you test your contemporary performance skills in two projects. The first takes an experimental approach to performance concepts, highlighting international and intercultural approaches to storytelling, and the second utilises global and diverse con

In this module you test your developing contemporary and experimental processes with two distinct, alternative projects. One project focuses on a highly physical reimagining of classic or heightened text works, such as Shakespeare, through an experimental and contemporary lens. A second project introduces ideas of oral poetic performance (spoken word) and can be realised as a live, digital or integrated project, as well as an independent solo or company creation. Movement supports your ability t

This research and development project provides an opportunity to collaborate with innovative performance makers in the creation of an original boundary-breaking work. Beginning now to mirror professional practice, you will receive structured direction and supervision in the creation and execution of a fully realised workshop presentation. You will undertake independent research in the development of a unique and pioneering contemporary work to an invited audience across several performances.

In this module you develop your creativity by researching and originating a personal performance of your choice. This could be a script submission, micro-musical or play reading, short film or screening. You investigate cultural perspectives around your chosen subject area/theme to discover the technical demands of your piece and adapt it to ensure it is original and inventive. You further your business and industry skills, including project planning and target audiences as well as honing your a

In this module you work with professional performance-makers as well as students from other courses, to realise an original live public production. You reach professional standards and expectations, working independently to research and prepare for the rehearsal process and meet the vision of your director and creative team. You exercise your ability to demonstrate imaginative contemporary performance invention, professionalism, organisation and time management skills, and the repetition and rec

In this module you build on previous performance experience, assuming full responsibility for your own preparation, process and production of work that meets professional standards. You work in simulated industry scenarios and are presented with challenging expectations which are representative of the real world. The module culminates in the production of a large scale performance for a public audience. Your interpersonal skills, independent methodology and professionalism is further tested thro

For this module, you collate a professional promotional portfolio of live, digital and audio material that best demonstrates your individual creative output, ambitions and potential. This portfolio will be utilised as a resource to showcase you to industry and employers, following your research and evaluation of industry networks relevant to your future career. You take part in a portfolio presentation, generating unique content and promotional material according to your career plans and employm

This module brings together your independent research, creative enterprise skills and professionalism as you advance your ability to develop and create new material. Supervised by a mentor, you adopt both a creative and a production role as you generate a brand-new piece of work for our annual festival of new writing. You may also improve your independent entrepreneurial and project management skills by developing a solo project.