FdA Performance in Practice (1)

Start Date
Level
5
Course Course
P00205
Area
Performing Arts and Music
Campus
Hillsborough Campus

About this Course

In the first year you will explore acting techniques, voice and movement for actors, creating and developing characters and singing. You will explore different theatre practitioners and their approaches to performance and finish the year with a full-scale public performance to a paying audience. In the second year you will develop a deeper understanding of the craft of the actor through study and exploration of classical performance, musical theatre performance, and devising original performance. At the end of the second year, you will form the cast of a major production to be staged in a professional standard theatre.

Key Units

Year One
  • The Psychological Actor
  • The Vocal Actor
  • The Physical Actor
  • Cultural Identity in Western Theatre and Performance
  • Approaches to Performance
  • Scripted Performance
Year Two
  • Classical Performance for a Twenty-First Century Audience
  • Musical Theatre Skills
  • Creating Original Performance
  • Theatre and Performing Arts Research 
  • Major Performance Project

Entry Requirements

  • 48 UCAS points gained either through A Level, BTEC National Diploma or UAL Extended Diploma in a relevant subject
  • GCSE English Language at grade C/4 or above or an equivalent (i.e. Level 2 Functional Skills)
A successful audition and interview for which applicants should prepare two contrasting speeches and a song as follows:
1. A contemporary speech (post-1990) (no longer than three minutes)
2. A speech by Shakespeare or another Elizabethan/Jacobean playwright (no longer than three minutes)
3. A song of any genre (no more than three minutes)

If English is not your first language and you do not hold a GCSE (or equivalent) grade C/4 in English, an English Language proficiency level such as International English Language Testing System (IELTS) 6.0 overall (with a minimum 5.5 in each skill) will need evidencing.

Applications are also welcomed from mature students without formal entry requirements.

Assessment

You will be assessed via a number of methods, including:

  • performances
  • workshops
  • practical production
  • coursework
  • reflective evaluations
  • presentations

Where does this Lead

Students who successfully complete the foundation degree may top-up their qualification to a full bachelor’s degree (with honours) by progressing onto our one-year top-up course BA Hons Performance in Practice Top-Up degree.

Future Opportunities

Student who successfully complete this course could choose to pursue careers in:

  • Acting
  • Directing
  • Stage management
  • Script writing 
  • Drama therapy 
  • Community arts practice

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Extra Costs

Additional costs may include the purchase of books, writing materials and suitable clothing, as well as visits to theatres and other performing arts-related organisations. It is estimated that these additional costs would not exceed £600 per year.


Students in financial hardship may be eligible to apply to the HE Student Support Fund for assistance with these costs.

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