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This module is designed to provide you with the opportunity to consolidate and apply the physical, vocal and acting skills you’ve gained in the preceding modules with sustained work on a variety of texts. You will work to professional standards in a collaborative rehearsal and performance setting, which will challenge your ability to demonstrate creative, imaginative, observational and technical skills within a defined rehearsal period. The aim is to allow a sustained exploration of the work without the technical demands that a full production would impose, which may include partial or full performances of selected plays, and the significant portion of this module will be spent on Shakespeare texts. This module runs alongside and complements CLP08111, Shakespeare and the Renaissance.

The module will begin with chosen scenes of any era and this will be followed by work on extended scenes from Shakespeare. Casting will stretch and challenge each student, and the aim is to distribute casting evenly throughout the cohort, without making any student unduly vulnerable. Plays will be chosen that can provide the best possible acting opportunities and students will be expected to meet the physical and vocal demands of performing Shakespeare. Rehearsals will take place in intensive sessions and will culminate in assessed performances to an invited audience. Students will be required to assemble character profile logbooks for their main role in the Shakespeare scenes, which will underpin the imaginative work.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to
LO1. Apply and integrate a range of physical and vocal skills to develop a performance in heightened text.
LO2. Express complex thought, action, emotion and character as appropriate.
LO3. Rehearse with fellow students on your own to understand, develop and respond to a complex text.
LO4. Demonstrate concentration, imagination and technical skill in a sustained performance, and to work in a simulated professional environment.
LO5. To develop a complex understanding of the interplay of research, analysis, and creative imagination in your approach to the creation of a role.