| Semester 2, 2023 Online | |
| Units : | 1 |
| School or Department : | School of Creative Arts |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: THT3003
Overview
As emerging theatre artists, students need to explore the intersection between theory and practice in theatre to an advanced level of practice, resulting in a range of community-based theatre products. The aim of this course is for final-year students to proactively and professionally work with a community group, school, or club to apply advanced processes and skills in the creative development and realisation of a significant theatre outcome. This may form the basis of career opportunities for the student, beyond university.
Students will apply many of the practice-related training they have acquired over the three-year program, commencing from their position as an emerging theatre artist. Students will complete a series of authentic assessment tasks based on industry practice in performance and theatre-making training linked to real-world industry training experiences. Students will work collaboratively with a community organisation/group to creatively develop a relevant, useful and pertinent theatre products that mentor community participants (performance, workshops, pod-cast, radio program, film, teaching plans, or a combination of products). This course is designed to further advance students' skills and knowledge in project management, reflection for action, responsible work practices, and archival footage of their theatre making with communities in their local area in a semi-professional capacity.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- Generate relevant and competent professional practice for a theatre-making project that evidences a high level of research, collaboration, and mentorship of community participants
- Produce a public presentation or set of theatre products that evidences advanced negotiation skills, cultural sensitivity, and management of production elements
- Critically and reflectively evaluate the strategic approach to project throughout the semester
- Archive the principal aspects of the project, showcasing the creativity, initiative and enterprise in the development of quality community theatre projects
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Project Planning: scheduling, risk-management, intellectual property, cultural sensitivity, negotiation, transparency, in-kind budgets | 20.00 |
| 2. | Community Project Audit | 20.00 |
| 3. | Collaboration and Mentoring in Community Theatre Projects | 20.00 |
| 4. | Reflexive and Reflective Practice: ongoing, relevant reflection for, in and as action | 20.00 |
| 5. | Archival strategies to showcase for community, students and USQ | 20.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Planning document | No | 20 |
| Reflection (personal/clinical) | No | 30 |
| Creative work | No | 50 |