BA (Hons) Acting Bachelor's degree at the University of Chichester

The aim of this module is to introduce you to a variety of theoretical, cultural and critical ideas used in the practice and evaluation of the arts. You will explore ways of describing, analysing and interpreting theoretical concepts that are vital to an understanding of the arts. Vocabularies and models such as intersectionality that describe the cultures in which the arts are seen and made are drawn upon and developed in order to explore the methods by which meanings are created and understood

This is a comprehensive module, seeking to establish an understanding of foundation skills essential in actor training. As such, it represents 50% of first-year delivery and identified learning. There are four core classes: Movement, Voice, Acting, and Devising.

Projects are collaborative exercises wherein students can work together in various ways to apply and celebrate their learning. Projects will develop an expanded understanding of contemporary theatre, exploring collaborative practice as a core (and additional) skillset for actors, directors and devisers. You will explore a variety of methodologies for self/group-devised theatre, with 3 key approaches: storytelling, physical theatre, and adaptation.

This module develops your devising, screen acting and singing skills as you produce a staged performance scene, a self-tape and a song performance. The module aims to establish an advanced vocabulary in the articulation of acting approaches and understanding of the intellectual and creative processes involved in acting in different mediums.

The module offers you an introduction to Classical Theatre (Renaissance Drama) in performance. It further develops your vocal and physical ability, together with writing and dramaturgical study. You develop understanding of the impact of performance in relation to both historical and contemporary contexts and implications of classical performance.

This module introduces you to a number of examples of innovative contemporary theatre work for children and young audiences in the UK. You will produce your own short (20 to 30 minute) work for children, ensuring that a dialogic relationship with students inform your research agendas and devising methodologies. Your compositions and professional work are analysed and evaluated with specific reference to appropriate devising methodologies and theatrical concerns.

In this module, you will explore a specialist field of physical theatre and performance. You will examine its historical roots in Commedia dell'Arte, through into a study of the contemporary practice and art of the theatre clown. You will consider the historical function and influence of the clown and its place in contemporary theatre through practice and self-evaluation. Using neutral mask and the transformative qualities of the red nose mask, the module explores physically-led approaches to im

This module explores the importance of revolution, the sublime, the gothic, landscape and imagination as motive forces in the making of art and culture. By examining the notion that Classicism and Romanticism are opposites, as the reaction of many 19th century artists to 18th century Enlightenment would appear to demonstrate, the module aims to investigate notions such as wilderness, fantasy, heroism and nationalism, and to initiate a discourse between the art of the present day and that of 19th

This module relates theories of postmodernism to contemporary arts practice. It begins by considering postmodernism's relationships to both romanticism and modernism, exploring 'definitions' of postmodernism and illustrating postmodern features in a range of arts practices. A selection of postmodern term and practices such as pastiche, hyperreality, event, a crisis in subjectivity, intertextuality, the merging of 'high' and 'low' art, deconstruction and recognition of the 'other' are explored in

This module examines the role of drama in educational contexts and applies devised theatre concepts, facilitation skills and pedagogical considerations in the design and development of educational theatre, workshops and performance.

This module will develop your critical understanding and creative engagement with how notions of gender and sexuality inform approaches to the creation and analysis of theatre and performance. It aims to examine a variety of artistic approaches to the politicisation of gender and sexuality in contemporary performance. Rooted in a critical understanding of feminist discourse and gender studies, the module introduces you to the work of key artists and performance theorists, providing appropriate c

This module provides you with extensive performance and production experience, as you explore the devising process rooted in character narrative, specifically in relation to dance theatre. You will be given insight into the way that characters can define (and hinder) a clear making process and, in the process, will consider structural processes, such as narrative as a key determinate to the progression of the piece.

The module offers you an opportunity to build on your skills and knowledge of Classical Theatre by participating in a major community performance of a Shakespeare (or contemporary) play in a contemporary educational context.

This module aims to explore the relationships between theatre and politics, alongside the idea of theatre as politics post-Brecht. You will be introduced to a number of artists and theorists exploring political ways of thinking about theatre and political approaches to theatrical engagement.

This module aims to introduce and develop key skills and practices in visual and technical arts in/for (devised) theatre and performance. This module caters to a visual and technical arts-related practice and is underpinned – practical and theoretically – accordingly. This module is for students wishing to develop their knowledge and skills in making work that deals with methods drawn from the visual and technical arts.