Take an intra-cultural approach to actor training and understand the poetential of taking an intercultural approach to technique. Alongside developing your practice, you'll complete a weekly reading which will enable you to critically engage with different approaches to actor training. Your reading will also enable you to think critically about the socio-political context of practices. As part of this module you'll complete a series of exercises to camera that demonstrate different actor training approaches and the potential for intercultural approaches. You'll also complete a critical essay that outlines your understanding of the socio-political aspects of actor training.

Work under the direction of a theatre director to produce a full-length live production. This module will enable you to begin to consolidate your understanding of training regimes and approaches to actor training, as driven by the directorial vision of the work. You'll be assessed primarily on the quality of your performance, your application of actor training techniques, and your engagement with the rehearsal process. You'll be assessed via a practical live performance, which will be presented at an agent showcase, and via a viva voce in which you'll be able to talk in depth around significant learning moments in your rehearsal journey.

We'll approach physical training from multiple perspectives on this module and focus on the development of character physicality and training for performance. Your studies will also include mindfulness practices to encourage you to take a holistic approach to embodiment. As with other modules, we'll engage with intercultural practices of directors, choreographers, and movement experts from different cultural backgrounds as a way of developing considered characters and physicality that are appropriate to form. This module will take an interdisciplinary and technology-driven approach to movement direction. It will incorporate movement training for motion capture technology, virtual reality, and other digital tools. Ultimately, we'll guide you to develop an embodied approach to actor training in preparation for future arts practice.

This module will prepare you to work in front of the camera rather than a live audience; this might include performances for television, screen, or even games. As such, a variety of scenarios will be used to test your dexterity. We'll focus on developing your personal process to adjust and apply your acting, vocal and physical skills to the context of the screen. You'll be assessed through one practical component which will include three pieces of work: a solo performance to camera, a small group piece to camera, and a whole ensemble performance to camera directed by your module leader.

Examine the phenomenon of celebrity through performance practice. You'll explore how celebrity is constructed, performed, and sustained in various social media and cultural contexts. Through readings, discussions, and practical exercises, you'll develop a deeper understanding of the relationship between celebrity, performance, and identity. You'll draw on strategies of contemporary and/or historical celebrities to create your own performance persona. You'll then investigate an aspect of celebrity performance culture on social media through practice and contextualise your performance and practical explorations by producing a statement. By the end of the module, you'll have a understand the complexities and contradictions of contemporary celebrity culture. You'll be confident engaging critically with the phenomenon through your practice.

Develop the skills and knowledge to write and direct for stage or screen. You'll practise analysing dramatic texts, study storytelling techniques, and explore the creation of original material. You'll be assessed based on your portfolios which will showcase your ability to apply your learning. On completion of this module you'll have gained a deep appreciation for the art and techniques of writing and directing. You'll be well-prepared to pursue your passions in this field.

Gain a critical understanding of the body and its role in knowledge generation. We'll continue your actor training with a focus on research enquiry led through embodied attending. You'll learn in the studio through continued lecture-led technique classes and independent study. You'll also engage with classroom activities that will introduce you to research methodologies and practices. With this in mind, you'll choose your area of enquiry. For example, you might explore ways of understanding the body in performance, critically examine the relationship between actor training techniques and power, or develop an approach to actor training that privileges marginalised identities.

This module is a performance making project. You'll respond to a series of real world application calls for a theatre, dance or performance festival. You'll experience the process of applying, creating and producing work for different festivals in a safe and supportive environment before reflecting on your work. Although this module will focus on the processes of making work for a festival context, this will not necessarily lead to a live project. However, your finished work might be considered to represent Leeds Beckett University at national or international festivals. This could include Dionysus Festival in Croatia, Sibiu International Theatre Festival in Romania, and Latitude Festival, Suffolk.

Your learning in this module will be based on the principles of socially engaged arts practices. We'll look at models of current practice, learn practical skills towards effective engagement with different communities, and develop a reflective, critical approach. You'll learn through practical workshops, technique classes, seminars and presentations. Discussions and seminars will introduce current critical discourses around across a variety of topics. For example, intergenerational performance practices, social inclusion and cultural diversity, dance and the elderly, early year work, and inclusive arts practices. Through critical discourse and analysis of such practices you'll develop a deeper understanding of the contexts, policies, vocabularies, and embodied knowledges relevant to each of these areas of practice. You'll demonstrate your understanding through by creating a product that either explores performance as a vehicle for social advocacy or responds to the needs of a particular community group.

Explore the relationship between the performer's body, the physical space in which they perform, and the various cultural, social, and political forces that shape the meanings of place. We'll use practical exploration to gain an understanding of the ways in which the body, space, and place interact to create cultural meaning. You'll also examine how cultural, social, and political contexts influence the creation of meaning in performance. We'll study how these factors shape the interpretation of the performer's body in space.

This module provides the opportunity to work directly with a nationally or internationally recognised professional performance maker from outside the university. You'll be introduced to new creative approaches while continuing to develop your own methods for making work. As the module progresses, you'll explore your individual artistic interests while responding to the ideas, processes and provocations introduced by the visiting artist. Throughout, you'll be encouraged to keep a journal or other form of creative record, capturing your learning, reflections, and responses during both scheduled sessions and independent study.

During this module you'll be encouraged to source and attend film auditions. You'll consolidate your acting to screen training with your individual actor training regimes in a way that is sensitive to the work being made. You'll be assessed via a recorded performance to camera and a viva voce where you'll be able to talk in depth around significant learning moments in your rehearsal journey. The assessment will focus on the quality of your performance in the film which will include your interpretation of script and character. It will also take into account how you apply actor training techniques. Due to the nature of the projects, you'll be supported through practical supervisions rather than taught sessions.

Work under the direction of a theatre director to produce a full-length live production. Engaging with this module will enable you to consolidate the training regimes and approaches to actor training that we have developed over the course as driven by the directorial vision of the work. The style of your performance should be contemporary as you practise for the work you might take on after graduating. You'll be assessed primarily on the quality of your performance, your application of actor training techniques, and your engagement with the rehearsal process. You'll be assessed via a practical live performance, which will be presented at an agent showcase, and via a viva voce in which you'll be able to talk in depth around significant learning moments in your rehearsal journey.