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Study Details: 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time
This interdisciplinary Masters programme invites you to interrogate the different ways in which performance can be said to be a socio-cultural phenomenon. It draws on a wide range of theoretical perspectives to understand how performance is shaped by the culture from which it emerges and how it shapes that culture.
Engage with a wide range of theoretical frameworks, using principles and methodologies from sociology, cultural theory, performance studies, anthropology, history, philosophy, and political science to explore performance as a sociocultural process.
Develop your critical thinking, oral, and written presentation skills, as well as your ability to manage independent research projects.
You should have (or expect to be awarded) an undergraduate degree of at least upper second class standard in a relevant/related subject.
You might also be considered for some programmes if you aren’t a graduate or your degree is in an unrelated field, but have relevant experience and can show that you have the ability to work at postgraduate level.
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This programme will develop your writing and oral skills at a high academic level, demonstrating the ability to think and work in an interdisciplinary manner using a range of methodologies. Your ability to work collaboratively and to facilitate and participate in group discussions will be enhanced.
You will also develop skills in identifying the socio-cultural, historical and political issues and pressures specific to varied types of performance.
You’ll complete the below compulsory modules, as well as a 60-credit dissertation on a relevant subject of your choosing. You’ll also take 30 credits of optional modules from an approved list provided annually by the Department.
Module title
Cultural Theory, Performance, Interdisciplinary Perspectives 30 credits
Historicizing Theatre 30 credits
Corporeality, Embodiment, Alternative Spaces 30 credits
Option modules
You will choose one contextual option module to complement your studies on the programme. The option modules offered by the department often change but can include topics such as:
Asian Theatre
Eastern European Theatres
Musicals in Adaptation
World Shakespeares
You can also choose a module offered by a different department at Goldsmiths.
Alternatively, you can choose to undertake an Independent Study
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