Acting – (M.A.)

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The MA Acting is offered both full- and part-time. Teaching is usually in the evenings and on occasional Saturdays.

Students take one or two modules a semester and there is a dissertation project to be taken over the final semester.

MA Acting students work in close collaboration with the MA Theatre Directing students throughout their programme.

Learning environment
Teaching consists of a variety of methods including skills-based classes (such as voice and movement) as well as workshops, seminars and lectures.

Assessment
Each module on the MA is assessed through coursework components. These components typically consist of a performance and a critical reflection on that performance.

Relevance to work/profession
Each student is assigned their own professional mentor to help them build a personal network into the profession following their graduation. In addition, the Staging Performance module is mentored by a theatre company which provides students with access to entry-level ways of performing their own work and an understanding of the funding system for the arts in general.

Thesis/Dissertation/project work
The MA Acting is practice-based. The final dissertation module, therefore, consists of a performance piece involving both acting and directing students and a critical reflection on that work.