COURSE: BA IN DRAMA AND THEATRE

The B.A. (Drama and Theatre Arts) degree is market-related and outcomes-based. Graduated students are equipped for a career as senior professional actor; director; designer; writer; technical theatre consultant for amateur or professional stage, television, film or community work; director and actor in industrial theatre projects in the private sector; cultural worker within the community; radio presenter; voice artist; tutor of drama and theatre in private studios; school teacher; college lecturer; and, with further qualifications, a university lecturer.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 3 year full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subject:

• Introduction to drama and theatre as an art form


• Drama and theatre semiotics


• History and text analysis of the classic to the renaissance periods


• Theatre genres, styles and acting techniques


• Mime and movement


• Technical theatre terminology and practice


• Acting techniques


• Basic speech theory and practice


• Practical theatre programme: planning and execution

Second year subjects:

• Technical theatre: décor, props, sound and lighting


• Fantasy and children’s theatre


• Theatre make-up


• Theatre costumes


• Theatre practice


• Neo-classical and romantic theatre


• Realistic theatre

Third year subjects:

• South African theatre: history and theory


• South African theatre: text analysis


• South African theatre: design


• South African theatre: casting procedures


• African theatre: technical aspects


• African theatre: directing and performance


• Avant Garde theatre: design


• Avant Garde theatre: history and theory


• Avant Garde theatre: technical aspects


• Avant Garde theatre: directing and performance


• Theatre criticism


• Radio techniques


• Television

Careers: actor; director; designer; writer; technical theatre consultant.

Source: www.ufs.ac.za

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