EA210-5-FY-LO:
Assigned Production Roles
2025/26
East 15 Acting School
East15 (Loughton) Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Thursday 02 October 2025
Friday 26 June 2026
30
13 May 2025
Requisites for this module
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Students will undertake further practical production roles during this module across the degree scope.
Roles may include but are not limited to (Assistant Stage Manager, Deputy Stage Manager, Stage Manager, Assistant Production Manager, Technical department assistants).
These roles will enable the student to develop their team-working and managerial skills whilst learning through practice on practical productions and broadening their understanding of the interrelationships between departments outside of pathway choices.
The aims of this module are:
- Enhance the students skills in stage/production or technical management.
- Enhance the students management skills.
- Enhance the students’ knowledge of the collaborative production process in a professional environment.
- Further the students professionalism in the key skills areas of:
- Communication, reliability, time management
- Team work
- Initiative and self-motivation
- Commitment and flexibility
- Organisation
- Further the students practical skills in the key areas of:
- Quality and finish of practical work
- Attention to detail on practical work
- Management and organisation of the student work environment
- Management and understanding of budgets
- Understanding of health and safety
- Progress the students understanding of the importance of reflection and critical thinking
Progress the students understanding of the importance of documentation & record keeping
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Demonstrate development of the core skills application for production working.
- Understand the production/project process from beginning to completion.
- Research and utilise analytical thinking in response to design considerations.
- Utilise health and safety to deliver production work.
- Demonstrate development of professional communication and organisation.
Syllabus information:
Students will undertake further practical production roles during this module. Roles may include:
- Assistant Stage Manager,
- Deputy Stage Manager,
- Stage Manager,
- Assistant Production Manager,
- Technical Department assistants
Students learn through practice-based teaching on this module.
This module will be delivered via:
Small group practical classes, seminars, tutorials, independent work and supervised productions.
Students learn through practice-based teaching on this module. Small group seminars/ individual tutorials happen at the beginning of the module to help the student reflect on their previous modules and enable them to develop further their production understanding and production skills during this module.
Regular tutorials and production-based meetings also support the teaching in this module.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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