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Overview
Whether you're interested in playwriting, dramatic monologues, solo live art, verbatim theatre, performance-lectures, or other forms of text-based performance, in the Writing for Performance course from Queen Mary University of London you will gain new skills through writing workshops, critical discussions of set readings, and group activities. You will be led by an experienced theatre practitioner who will provide expert guidance, intellectual and creative rigour, and a mutually supportive environment in which to enhance your craft as a writer for performance. You will also deepen your skills in initiating, developing, and presenting your writing to an audience.
This course aims to:
- Provide and enhance your skills in writing for performance
- Develop your writing practice in relation to current developments in professional publishing and performance; and to encourage you to connect your creative writing to socio-political issues
- Enable a supporting and experimental environment in which you will share, workshop, and develop your own writing
- Develop your writing skills through scratch performances and staged readings of your work in progress
- Hone your skills in presenting your writing in a closed event
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You will gain:
- Knowledge of creative writing for performance in a range of traditional and experimental forms
- Develop critical and practical understanding of the structure and form of plays and performance texts
- Identify creative strategies in texts of contemporary performance
You will be able to:
- Develop effective and original methods for creative writing for performance
- Think critically about the value of writing for performance in theatre and beyond
- Identify and respond to topical issues in contemporary culture through writing for performance
- Develop a critical understanding of contemporary writing for performance
- Hone skills to respond critically to creative work produced by peers and others
- Research capacity: work individually and in collaboration with others
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Duration
- Full-time
- 22 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
IELTS 7
TOEFL® IBT 92
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Credits
15 alternative credits
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
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Visit programme websiteAcademic requirements
GPA 3
English requirements
IELTS 7
TOEFL® IBT 92
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- Accidents
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Other requirements
General requirements
To join our Summer School, you should have completed a minimum of two semesters’ study at your home institution.
We welcome Summer School students from around the world. We accept a range of qualifications:
- if your home institution uses the four-point Grade Point Average (GPA) scale, we usually require a 3.0 GPA
- if your home institution uses the letter scale, you will need to have a B+
We welcome international qualifications and we consider every application individually on its academic merit.
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International
2415 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2415 GBP for the full programme during 22 days. -
National
2415 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2415 GBP for the full programme during 22 days.
If you choose to study for 2 sessions you automatically receive a tuition fee discount
- One Session £2415
- Both Sessions £4588
Living costs for London
1137 - 2157 GBP /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
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