Applied Theatre: Community, Education, Wellbeing (MA)
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
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MA - Master of Arts

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Carmarthen Campus

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12 months

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MA Applied Theatre: Community, Education, Wellbeing offers a post-graduate qualification in theatre, drama and performance practices that are rooted participatory practice in community, education and wellbeing settings.Applied theatre is a relatively new term within modern theatre history but refers to drama or theatre processes that are participatory and intentional: the broad intention, is to improve the lives of the individuals and communities that take part.Applied theatre can include, (but ...Read more

MA Applied Theatre: Community, Education, Wellbeing offers a post-graduate qualification in theatre, drama and performance practices that are rooted participatory practice in community, education and wellbeing settings.

Applied theatre is a relatively new term within modern theatre history but refers to drama or theatre processes that are participatory and intentional: the broad intention, is to improve the lives of the individuals and communities that take part.

Applied theatre can include, (but is not limited to): drama and theatre in education, community theatre, theatre for health and wellbeing, therapeutic applications of drama, and theatre for development. It can happen anywhere from schools to community halls, hospitals to prisons, homes to theatres. Applied Theatre: Community, Education, Wellbeing is for you if you are:

A graduate in the performing arts with a passion for social change

A graduate in education or youth work with an interest in theatre and drama

An emerging performance practitioner wanting to take your practice into participatory settings.

An established theatre practitioner with the desire to delve deeper into your practice and explore new ways of participatory working.

A creative educator in a school/college or alternative setting.

Assessment methods

The aim of the assessments is to provide real and simulated applied theatre contexts to demonstrate learning. Assessment has been carefully balanced across the programme to ensure that there is a range of different ways for students to demonstrate their learning across the suite of modules. Assessments are portfolio based and these can include: presentations, project facilitation, workshop facilitation, written documentation, visual essays, live performance and reflective journals.

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88/101
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117th
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Abbie
29 Feb 24

BEST: Good food at a low cost, good social spaces, library’s great, accommodation is good WORST: Mail collection times (all during class..Read more

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Ellie
29 Feb 24

Best experience is the course Worst experience is the food. I recently did a survey on what people had noticed about the food served on campus. The results I got were that..Read more

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Entry requirements

Students will have had experience in the performing arts and/or participatory arts practice with an undergraduate degree in a relevant subject at 2:2 or above or will have extensive professional experience in a relevant field. In addition, all applicants are invited for an informal interview and/or workshop where they are expected to demonstrate appropriate engagement in a practical workshop.

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£7,800 per year

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£15,000 per year

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Students from EU

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£15,000 per year

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University of Wales Trinity Saint David
College Road Carmarthen Carmarthenshire SA31 3EP United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Carmarthen  0.7 miles away

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