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University of Glasgow: Theatre and Performance Practices
| Institution | University of Glasgow View institution profile |
|---|---|
| Department | School of Culture & Creative Arts |
| Web | www.glasgow.ac.uk/ |
| Study type | Taught |
Summary
This Masters engages with a range of theatre and performance practices, explored in a critically informed context. The programme encompasses practices such as contemporary devising and production dramaturgy, autobiographical performance, and socially/politically engaged practice. You will be encouraged to develop a reflective, rigorous and critically informed approach to creating your own work for performance. This will enhance and enrich your creative practice as we work to further your career as a theatre/performance practitioner/researcher.
The programme is delivered by leading academics in collaboration with theatre practitioners active in Glasgow's performance scene and beyond.
The programme is delivered by leading academics in collaboration with theatre practitioners active in Glasgow's performance scene and beyond. * Programme leader is Dr. Graham Eatough, one of Scotland’s leading theatre practitioners with an international reputation for experimental and interdisciplinary work. * Mentors on the programme over recent years have included Richard Gregory, Ashanti Harris, Jenna Watt and Alan McKendrick * The programme provides multiple opportunities for students to develop, present and receive feedback on their own theatre and performance practice. This involves leading professional practitioners acting as mentors for individual students when creating their final practice as research projects. * Our facilities include a large flexible-seat theatre seating over 200 spectators as well as smaller studio spaces * Glasgow is home to a huge variety of theatres that produce and show a range from the experimental and risky, to the traditional and repertory, from canonical and new writing, to devised and physical performance. World-leading venues include the Citizens’ Theatre, Tramway, Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) and the Glue Factory.
Meet our students
Postgraduate students from Theatre & Performance Practices MLitt take us through their Contemporary Devising Practices class performances.
Meet our students: Theatre & Performance Practices MLitt (YouTube)
The programme is designed to give you a practical and critical engagement with many forms of theatre and performance practice through a variety of core and optional courses.
You can take either an optional course or a work placement (agreed and negotiated with your tutor) according to your personal interests and perceived needs. Your optional course can be selected from across the College of Arts, enabling an interdisciplinary approach.
The programme concludes with a Practice as Research Project. This provides you with a degree of flexibility in relation to the focus of your advanced study. It permits further applied practice in the form of a major performance project or the opportunity to undertake an in-depth written study on an area of your choice.
Core courses include
- RESEARCH METHODS
- CONTEMPORARY DEVISING PRACTICES
- INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
- CONTEMPORARY DRAMATURGICAL PRACTICES
- PRACTICE AS RESEARCH PROJECT
Optional courses include
- DRAMATURGY PLACEMENT
- PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
- PERFORMING MEMORY
- LIVE ART: HISTORIES, THEORIES & PRACTICES
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND PERFORMANCE
This programme is ideal for practitioners who want to develop their practice; graduates who are planning a career in theatre making; and those who want to look more in depth into aspects of theatre practice they have enjoyed and benefitted from through undergraduate studies. The programme also provides an excellent foundation for PhD study and an academic career.
MLitt
The University of Glasgow is one of the UK’s most prestigious seats of learning, and the fourth oldest university in the English speaking world. Established in 1451 and recognised for its world-changing research and teaching, the University has inspired thinkers from eminent scientist Lord Kelvin and the father of economics Adam Smith, to Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Rankings
The University:
is ranked 81st in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2023
- is in the top 100 in the world: Times Higher World University Rankings 2023
- 95.9% of students in employment or further study 6 months after graduation …
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