This course will be taught in our state of the art theatre facilities and provides students with the opportunity to explore play texts in a range of contexts. As a highly practical course students are engaged from the outset in using rehearsal and explorative techniques to analyse plays and the work of key practitioners. Students will explore a minimum of two complete and substantial performance texts and a minimum of three key extracts from three different texts placed in the context if the whole text. The texts and extracts will represent a range of social historical and cultural contexts. The work and methodologies of at least two influential theatre practitioners including individuals and theatre companies will be explored. This will involve research and practical exploration of rehearsal exercises and working methods theatrical purpose production techniques and style artistic intentions use of conventions collaboration and context.