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Theatre & Performance at Falmouth University - UCAS

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Falmouth University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

Course summary

Create original, brave and enthralling work for theatre and live performance. Help to shape the future of performance as a powerful contemporary artform on this multidisciplinary Theatre & Performance degree. Created to develop passionate hands-on practitioners who want to bring powerful theatre and storytelling to life, you will be supported to become a culturally aware and adaptable live performance artist. With audiences hungry for innovative and engaging shows, this course responds directly to the industry’s need for collaborative and highly skilled creative explorers. From the start, you'll be trained by makers, practitioners and academics as you develop a diversity of theatre making skills in addition to performance prowess – including devising, directing, writing, scenography and digital technology, building your confidence as an industry-facing professional. Taught within our Academy of Music & Theatre Arts (AMATA), underpinned by intensive practical work, you will collaborate across disciplines, creating performances that push the boundaries of technology and art and given the freedom to express an individual approach to your practice. With the emphasis on learning by doing and interrogating all elements of live productions, you’ll graduate as a creatively confident and physically skilled practitioner who can manage, produce, perform and professionally facilitate your own work – ready to build your name in the industry. Why study this course at Falmouth? Work with highly skilled and experienced practitioners, artists, academics and creative technicians. Have access to the latest resources and technologies, including green screen, motion capture and virtual reality resources, as well as an extensive range of technical sound, lighting and recording and editing equipment. Benefit from AMATA’s year-round performance programme, which attracts top artists and performers across a range of disciplines. Build industry links through workshops, guest lectures and visits by companies such as Ad Infinitum, Beyond Face, Gecko, Prodigal Theatre, Wildworks, Miracle Theatre and The Royal Shakespeare Company. Create and take part in a diverse range of collaborative performance projects, including a major immersive production and your own Professional Project. This course is an accredited degree with Spotlight and Equity. Students are eligible to join Spotlight in the first term of their final year. Inclusive of their membership, they have a wealth of support, content and events tailored explicitly towards this membership group from Spotlight.

Modules

With consistent and in-depth professional skills training, you’ll learn to create and respond to performances. You’ll explore techniques and methods in different environments; from solo performances to full public productions, from work for traditional spaces to site-specific, immersive and unusual contexts. You’ll also develop your vocal and physical abilities, as well as the imaginative, digital, collaborative and reflective skills needed to thrive in the industry. As well as leaving with a Theatre & Performance degree, you’ll gain a unique mix of conservatoire practice, backed up by the experience and knowledge of the AMATA community – a working venue offering year-round theatre, dance and other live events. . Year one: You’ll develop essential foundational skills and approaches for voice, body, movement and imaginative practices. You will also develop your knowledge and skills in relation to digital and immersive technologies and explore their potential in making live performances more engaging for modern audiences. We’ll also investigate global issues, historical contexts and modern practice and ideas. Modules Performance Skills Culture & Contexts: Stage and Screen Play Texts Making Skills 1 Stagecraft: Physical and Digital Scenography Ensemble Performance Year two: In your second year you’ll take on advanced body-based training and learn about technical theatre, directing, writing and creating drama on stage. You will also develop scenography skills and engage with design thinking, adapting the stage to the story. Alongside this, you’ll create and present a solo performance of your own making, influenced by a range of styles like scripted monologue and stand-up comedy.   Working as part of a theatre company, you’ll create and put on a public production focusing on the relationship between a show and its audience. You’ll also create original material and develop your professional portfolio of skills by studying advanced performance techniques. Looking into different theatre companies, production houses and theatre festivals, we’ll explore what they’re doing, how they work, and how they keep their work exciting and relevant. Modules Extended Making Skills: Physical, Vocal, Digital Immersive and Participatory Theatre Theatre Futures Page to Stage: Writing, Directing and Dramaturgy Show in a Bag Modes of Making: Socially Engaged Practice Year three: In your final year, you will extend and deepen your techniques and making skills, as well as your personal, social and philosophical approach to theatre. You will work towards becoming a proactive, independent and entrepreneurial practitioner, who is resilient, able to transfer your skills to other disciplines and able to manage a sustainable career. Using your critical and reflective skills, you’ll research and write a paper on an area of theatre making that inspires and interests you. You’ll also develop performance material – individually and in companies – honing creative process skills through delivering scratch work (‘test’ performances) in several different contexts. You will finish the year developing and performing your own professional work for public production to industry specialists and audiences. You’ll also take on a professional development project, where you’ll prepare for the industry by learning about how its infrastructure functions, and how to develop a career as a performer, theatre maker or company. You will create a professional identity for yourself ready to share on a range of platforms and networks. Modules Creating Companies Professional Development The Thinking Practitioner: Student-led Research Master Classes: Physical, Vocal & Digital Professional Production The modules above are those being studied by our students, or proposed new ones. Programme structures and modules can change as part of our curriculum enhancement and review processes. If a certain module is important to you, please discuss it with the Course Leader.

Assessment method

The Theatre & Performance course assessment approach reflects and enables an incremental, developmental learning experience. The assessment for the Award consists of 100% coursework, including: Practical Assessment (group, individual) – which includes in-class presentations, discussions, demonstrations/process showings, studio-based practice, productions, and final year performances. Written and reflective assessment – including essays, research writings, digital/physical portfolios, critical reviews and live discussions. Regular giving and receiving of feedback during practical work enables effective individual and group critique and reflection.  A range of disciplined practical activities (workshops, demonstrations, seminars, lectures, tutorial supervision) are used to develop skills and abilities and demonstrate outcomes including workshops and lectures with professional performers, companies and directors. These opportunities will help develop independently minded practitioners and are designed to help you prepare for the range of activities you will engage in as graduates: to be able to demonstrate expertise in negotiation and pursuing shared goals; handling creative, personal and interpersonal issues; and communicating through a variety of media and platforms.

How to apply

31Jan

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
238U
Institution code:
F33
Campus name:
Penryn Campus
Campus code:
P

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1
  • Year 2
  • Year 3

International applicants

If English is not your first language, you will need to demonstrate English language skills that are sufficiently developed for successful completion of your studies. We accept a range of recognised English language qualifications that are equivalent to the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic minimum score of 6.0 overall, with a minimum of 5.5 in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening. Through the award of international scholarships, we aim to support academic enrichment by encouraging diversity and excellence at Falmouth. For details of our international scholarships, and how to apply for them, please visit our website at www.falmouth.ac.uk

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

If you are able to demonstrate relevant, current, equivalent experience instead of formal qualifications, we encourage you to apply. Please contact our Applicant Services team before applying, for advice regarding your individual experience and eligibility. If you are an international applicant and require a Student visa to study in the UK, you must have a recognised English language test approved and vouched for by the University at the appropriate level. Our Applicant Services team can help you with any general questions you may have about study visas or suitable language tests. For more specific advice, we recommend you also consult UKCISA http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/

Additional entry requirements

Interview

Portfolio

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6An (IELTS) Academic minimum score of 6.0 overall is required, with a minimum of 5.5 in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening
Trinity ISEA minimum of Trinity ISE II with Distinction in all four components is required.
Cambridge English AdvancedLevel B2A minimum on the Cambridge English scale of 169 is required
PTE Academic55A minimum score in the Pearson Academic Test of English of 55 overall is required, with a minimum of 51 in all four components.

If English is not your first language, you will need to demonstrate English language skills that are sufficiently developed for successful completion of your studies. We accept a range of recognised English language qualifications that are equivalent to the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic minimum score of 6.0 overall, with a minimum of 5.5 in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening

English language support at Falmouth

https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/international/english-language-support

Student Outcomes

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75%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
90%
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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

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Theatre & Performance at Falmouth University - UCAS