Overview
Using group practice and performance, this paper considers the live theatrical event and introduces the key principles, theories and methods utilised in Theatre Studies, including acting and improvisation techniques, devising (collaborative theatre-making), performance analysis, and critical enquiry.
About this paper
| Paper title | Staging Worlds: Theatre and Performance |
|---|---|
| Subject | Theatre Studies |
| EFTS | 0.1500 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 1 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,318.20 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
Overview
Using group practice and performance, this paper considers the live theatrical event and introduces the key principles, theories and methods utilised in Theatre Studies, including acting and improvisation techniques, devising (collaborative theatre-making), performance analysis, and critical enquiry.
About this paper
| Paper title | Staging Worlds: Theatre and Performance |
|---|---|
| Subject | Theatre Studies |
| EFTS | 0.1500 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 1 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for 2027 have not yet been set |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Contact
- More information link
View more information on the School of Performing Arts website.
- Teaching staff
Paper Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Hilary Halba
Teaching Staff:- Paper Structure
Please contact the School of Performing Arts office (spa@otago.ac.nz) for a copy of the most recent paper profile.
- Textbooks
The Gangster Paradise by Leki Jackson-Bourke. Tala/Playmarket: Wellington, 2023.
Purapurawhetū by Briar-Grace-Smith (any edition).
Other reading will be provided by staff on Aoroa.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
- Challenge what theatre is/can be.
- Utilise core improvisation and étude methods.
- Critically analyse play scripts, performance, and personal practice with regard to "well-made" play principles.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how storytelling operates and functions in a theatrical context.
- Demonstrate an awareness of selected global performance traditions, storytelling techniques and forms studied in the course.
- Develop and formally write a thesis statement and corresponding essay that constructs an argument based upon that thesis statement.