EN4430 Making Performance

Academic year

2025 to 2026 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 10

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Not automatically available to General Degree students

Planned timetable

10.00 am - 12.00 noon Fri

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr J S F Haddow

Dr J S F Haddow
This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Dr Sam Haddow (JSFH)

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

The twentieth and twenty-first centuries have seen a broad range of radical approaches to the task of making performance. This module will explore a range of these approaches, which may include physical theatre, theatres of cruelty, puppetry and mask, psychophysical performance and situationism. Through practical workshops, students will explore intersections of theory and practice, developing their skills as researchers and makers of performance. Students will be introduced to a diverse range of performance practices developed by British and European theatre makers throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Through tutor-led workshops, they will explore the relationships between theory and practice, and interrogate ways in which innovative approaches to performance-making have shaped contemporary dramatic output. Students will develop their research skills through set-reading and independent study, as well as working together to produce practical performance pieces using techniques encountered on the course.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS EN2003 AND PASS EN2004

Assessment pattern

60% Coursework 40% Exam

Re-assessment

100% Exam

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

2 hours of lectures and workshops, and 2 x optional consultative hours.

Scheduled learning hours

22

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

278

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Demonstrate knowledge of major trends in European performance making through the 20th and 21st centuries.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the intersections between theory and practice in different strategies for making performance.
  • Evaluate different approaches to performance making, both critically and per form.
  • Collaborate with others in producing a piece of theatre.