Overview

NFQ Level 9, Major Award

The MA (Theatre and Performative Practices) is a full-time programme running for 12 months or a part-time programme running for 24 months. This MA has a specific focus on contemporary theatre making, within professional and alternative contexts.

All students take 35 core credits, 10 elective credits, and 45 credits to complete a Final Project.

Programme Requirements

For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements. 

Programme Requirements

Module List

Code	Title	Credits
Students take 90 credits as follows - 45 credits of modules in Part I and 45 credits in Part II:
Part I
Students take 45 credits as follows - all listed core modules (35 credits) and 10 credits of elective modules:
Core Modules
DR6001	Advancing Theatre and Performative Practices	15
DR6002	Composition Theatre and Performative Practices	15
DR6003	The Business of Theatre and Performative Events	5
Elective Modules
Students take modules to the value of 10 credits from the following:		10
DR6026	Advanced Theatre Practice (10)
DR6025	Special Studies in Applied Theatre (10) 3
Any other module in CACSSS 3
Part II
Students take one module to the value of 45 credits from the following:		45
Core Modules
DR6004	Practice Research Project 1: Theatre and Performative Production (45)
DR6005	Practice Research Project 2: Theatre and Performative Process (45)
DR6006	Research Dissertation in Theatre and Performative Practices (45)
Total Credits		90

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It is highly recommended that students select a module in the autumn semester for workload balance reasons. Final timetabling may preclude participation in conflicting modules.

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All options may not be available in any given year.

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Where enrolment is available and approval of the Programme Director is obtained.

Programme Learning Outcomes

Programme Learning Outcomes for MA in Theatre and Performative Practices (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Delineate the current creative, theoretical and technological developments in theatre and performative practices that intersect with social change.
  
• Document relevant aspects of theatre and performative practices from conception to execution, including production planning/ storyboard.
  
• Collaborate and integrate interdisciplinary practices within theatre and performative practice composition.
  
• Develop research methodologies for collaboration in and composition of theatre and performative practices.
  
• Assess their own performance work and that of others through an articulate critical and analytical vocabulary.
  
• Communicate critical and analytical ideas effectively in written form, in discussion and through artistic practice.
  
• Demonstrate an understanding of the creative possibilities of applying scenographic and/or multimedia skills to the creation of live performance.
  
• Demonstrate in practice and articulate an understanding of the significance of the environmental context (social as well as site) in which work is communicated and received.
  
• Show an appreciation of the professional contexts of theatre, performative and arts practices, and have the skills to raise funding, promote/advocate their own practice.