EA278-5-FY-LO:
Stage Management Skills 2
2025/26
East 15 Acting School
East15 (Loughton) Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Thursday 02 October 2025
Friday 26 June 2026
30
15 May 2025
Requisites for this module
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Students will build on their learning at level 4 across stage management, undertaking a variety of production roles during this module.
Roles may include Assistant Stage Manager, Deputy Stage Manager, Assistant Production Manager. These roles will enable the student to develop their team working and managerial skills whilst learning through practice on practical productions.
The aims of this module are:
- To introduce the student to the processes within and around a rehearsal room.
- To develop the students working practices in a self managed approach.
- To develop the students’ skills in the focus area of Stage Management.
- To develop the students’ knowledge of the collaborative production process in a professional environment.
- To employ the students’ professionalism in the key skills areas of:
- Communication, reliability, time management.
- Team work.
- Initiative and self-motivation.
- Commitment and flexibility.
- Organisation.
- Further developing 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.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Understand the production process from beginning to completion.
- Apply Stage Management skills and theory in professional practice, utilising transferable skills learnt across level 5.
- Apply research and analytical thinking in a production context.
- Articulate appropriate professional terminology in a production context.
- Demonstrate a collaborative methodology in a production context.
Syllabus information
Students will undertake varied production roles during this module, learning and honing the skills required for specific areas in the theatrical process. They will explore the production process of creating a show and the specific responsibilities of specific roles in the process. Roles may include:
- Assistant Stage Manager
- Deputy Stage Manager
- Assistant Production Manager
The teaching and learning will involve areas such as:
- Quality & finish of practical work.
- Attention to detail on practical work.
- Management & organisation of the student work environment.
- Management & understanding of budgets.
- Understanding of Health & Safety.
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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