DT529 Bachelor of Arts in Drama (Performance)

• Level 8 Honours Degree 

Programme Outline

First Year
The focus of Year 1 is on ensemble work and cohering the year group, which provides the foundation for a dynamic educational environment. Students participate in two ensemble productions (one involving ancient Greek drama) and are introduced to fundamental skills and concepts of performance, particularly improvisation, voice and speech, movement, singing and dance. Drama facilitation skills are also introduced and students begin to analyse drama and performance critically.

Second Year
Year 2 emphasises small-group work and the development of the students’ individual skills, with a strong emphasis on contrasting approaches to acting and drama. Intensive modules are offered in the Stanislavski system of acting and in Shakespeare in performance. Students perform in projects around contemporary Irish drama and 16th- to 19th-century European drama. Theatre-in-Education workshops aim to develop students’ facilitation skills for school children. Students develop their movement, singing and dance skills and are introduced to combat. Throughout the year students read and research plays from various periods of English-language drama.

Third Year
In Year 3, students are expected to begin to integrate the various skills and concepts they have acquired from the previous years. In the first half of the year, they investigate innovative and experimental contemporary theatre practices. Specialised acting skills to camera and radio are introduced and movement, singing and combat strands are completed. Students also participate in a placement with people with disability and analyse plays of recent times. In the final semester, students participate in a full-scale production, create an acting showcase for acting agents and other members of the theatre and film industries, and write a short dissertation on a research area of their own choosing.

Duration
Three years full-time.

Location
DIT Rathmines Road.

Further Information: Ms Susie Kennedy, Programme Chair B.A in Drama (Performance) 
Tel. 01 402 7682
Email: susie.kennedy@dit.ie