EA409-7-SU-LO:
Performance Project
2024/25
East 15 Acting School
East15 (Loughton) Campus
Summer
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Tuesday 22 April 2025
Friday 27 June 2025
60
11 March 2022
Requisites for this module
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MA Acting students may opt to undertake a 60-credit practical Performance Project instead of the written dissertation option. For this module, students are expected to divide themselves into groups in order to produce performance work of a professional standard from their own resources and research.
Students opting to undertake the Performance Project will be required to submit a performance project outline in Term Two which must be approved by the Head of Course before proceeding with the project. This may take the form of a showing of work in progress and a discussion taking feedback and aspiration into account.
Students will research and work on their practical projects throughout Terms Two and Three, with an intensive period of performance preparation in Term Three.
Performance Projects will be presented in Term Three in the School's Corbett Theatre and/or at other appropriate venues. Verbal feedback in group sessions and individual assessment with the leading tutor or mentor will be given following the performances. Some performances will be recorded for feedback and assessment purposes.
Throughout this process, students are required to keep a Reflective Journal in which they reflect on their research and rehearsal process. The content should outline the research and include bibliographic presentation of any texts referred to as well as process and methodology used, problems encountered and strategies subsequently employed. Journals are to be submitted for assessment after the completion of performances, normally no later than the end of September.
To provide an opportunity for students to demonstrate:
1. Ability to make and produce creative performance work of a standard appropriate to the industry
2. systematic knowledge of and ability to apply all aspects of the MA Acting training
3. critical awareness and/or practical application of current contemporary performance issues
4. originality in the application of knowledge.
Performance Projects will be assessed on the extent to which they are capable of demonstrating:
1. Connected performance
2. Synthesis of practical, technical and creative skills
3. Creative inventiveness & originality of thought
4. Appropriate amount and level of contribution to work done as a team
Reflective Journals will be assessed on the extent to which they are capable of demonstrating:
1. A critically reflective appraisal of the creation of the project and their performance in it
2. Use of diverse research materials
3. Evidence of original thought
4. Reflection on ability to work effectively in a team of peers
5. Citations and supporting reference list
MA Acting students may opt to undertake a 60 - credit practical Performance Project instead of the written dissertation option. For this module, students are expected to divide themselves into small groups in order to produce performance work of a professional standard from their own resources and research.
Performance Project work is supported by the work of EA407 Contextual Studies.
Workshops, lectures, seminars, tutorials, Screenings, Research, independent study, regular `scratch showings` of work in progress, peer critique & feedback on work in progress showings, mentor/tutor critique and feedback during creative process, rehearsal, reflective journal
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Performance Project |
|
80% |
| Coursework |
Reflective Journal |
|
20% |
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
100 per cent Coursework Mark
Reassessment
100 per cent Coursework Mark
Module supervisor and teaching staff
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Prof Anthony Dean
University of Winchester
Emeritus Professor
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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