The MA in Theatre and Performative Practices is a full-time programme running for 12 months or a part-time programme running for 24 months. This MA has a specific focus on contemporary theatre making, within professional and alternative contexts.

All students take 35 Core credits, 10 Elective credits, and do a Final Project of 45 credits.

Students take 90 credits as follows:

Part I (45 credits)
Core modules (35 credits)
DR6001 Advancing Theatre and Performative Practices (15 credits)
DR6002 Composition Theatre and Performative Practices (15 credits)
DR6003 The Business of Theatre and Performative Events (5 credits)

Elective modules (10 credits)

Semester 1

Drama and Theatre Studies Module:
DR6026 Advanced Theatre Practice (10 credits)

Semesters 1 or 2

These are modules from other Departments in CACSSS. It is highly recommended that students select a module in the autumn semester for workload balance reasons. Final timetabling may preclude participation in conflicting modules.
DH6033 Conceptual Introduction to Digital Arts and Humanities (10 credits)
HA6024 Global Contemporary Art (10 credits)
MU6031 Sound Studies and Musicology (5 credits)
MU6034 Multidisciplinary Debates in Musicology and Ethnomusicology (5 credits)
MU6036 Music and Popular Culture (10 credits)
MU6037 Music and Cinema (10 credits)
WS6002 Feminist Theory (10 credits)

Or any other modules in CACSSS where enrolment is available and approval of the Programme Director is obtained.

Note: All options may not be available in any given year.

Part II (45 credits)
Final Project module 45 credits Semester 3
Students choose one of the following options:
DR6004 Practice Research Project 1: Theatre and Performative Production (45 credits)
DR6005 Practice Research Project 2: Theatre and Performative Process (45 credits)
DR6006 Research Dissertation in Theatre and Performative Practices (45 credits)

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2022/2023 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2022/2023.

Programme Learning Outcomes for MA in Theatre and Performative Practices (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Delineate the current creative, theoretical and technological developments in theatre and performative practices that intersect with social change.
• Document relevant aspects of theatre and performative practices from conception to execution, including production planning/ storyboard.
• Collaborate and integrate interdisciplinary practices within theatre and performative practice composition.
• Develop research methodologies for collaboration in and composition of theatre and performative practices.
• Assess their own performance work and that of others through an articulate critical and analytical vocabulary.
• Communicate critical and analytical ideas effectively in written form, in discussion and through artistic practice.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the creative possibilities of applying scenographic and/or multimedia skills to the creation of live performance.
• Demonstrate in practice and articulate an understanding of the significance of the environmental context (social as well as site) in which work is communicated and received.
• Show an appreciation of the professional contexts of theatre, performative and arts practices, and have the skills to raise funding, promote/advocate their own practice.