Modules

This course is taught over 15 months (four terms). As a cohort, you will have four intensives together, three in London and normally one residency abroad. In the intensive periods, you will spend 1-2 weeks in the studio together daily. During term time, there will be at least one in-person taught studio class each week. You will also have lectures, seminars, tutorials, mentorship sessions and independent solo or group work which may be conducted in person or online. You can study this course full time (over 15 months) or part time (over 28 months). Accessibility and learning styles: The course is designed with accessibility considerations across all aspects, although we will always strive to improve and collaborate on improving our access provisions. All written assessments have optionality for alternative spoken/performed components. Module 1: Thinking Queerly The programme begins with a 10-day London-based intensive at the start of Autumn term including taught sessions, artist-led practical workshops, sharing and discussion of where we have all come from, our current positions and future aspirations, and to set our pathways for evolving ideas together. This module will examine how performance art, drag, theatre, street performance and cabaret has played a central role in the development of trans, lesbian, bisexual and gay lives in various global cultures. And in turn, how major historical moments for LGTBQI+ communities and queer critical theory has influenced the development of performance strategies. We will use interdisciplinary perspectives to draw connections between artists, historical events, queer social life and theory. Students will be encouraged to question dominant narratives and methodologies of theatre and performance, and think about who has been absent or forgotten in established archives, histories and stages. Module 2: Creatures of the Night Intensive: This module will also be introduced in the 10-day London-based Autumn intensive through practical workshops, shared trips and seminar discussions. It will culminate in the Winter Intensive, where you will create and perform your own cabaret-inspired event as a cohort. Subsequently, you will be encouraged to research, watch and share queer cabaret, drag, durational, one-to-one, music-based, digital, dance and other experimental nightlife performances. in your own local contexts or through digital practice. Via taught studio classes and peer support you will develop performance works for a public cabaret event in a professional venue in London at the end of the module during the second intensive. Module 3: Queer Dramaturgies Residential: This module includes one normally international residency between 7-10 days with leading queer performance practitioners. Intensive practice-based research in making/devising critical and creative performance work in collaboration with each other.

• Including options for creative writing, video, sound, design and digital performance.

• Each group will be mentored by a leading queer performance practitioner.

• The work in progress will be shared with the incoming cohort during the fourth intensive, held at the start of the Autumn Term.

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS