Theatre Directing

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The University of Essex is one of the UK's leading academic institutions, ranked ninth nationally for research excellence following the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).

Our unique MFA Theatre Directing will interest you if you already are, or wish to become, a professional theatre director. You study individual modules, lasting approximately four to six weeks each, and we run some modules overseas, recently in Moscow, Thailand and Bali. We ensure there is a strong international focus with teaching by a wide range of directors and professional practitioners.

Our MFA Theatre Directing for 20 months. If you are an MFA student, then you take a second year in which you undertake further modules and direct a short production or write a dissertation. Graduates can direct professionally, function as artistic directors or teach in universities.

A Masters course is an academically rigorous programme during which you explore your subject in depth, reaching a high level of specialist knowledge. You draw on knowledge and skills from your undergraduate study or your professional life to produce work of a high academic standard, informed by current thinking and debate.
A Masters course lasts for twelve months (full-time). (If you are from the EU, then our Masters courses are regarded as second-cycle qualifications under the Bologna Declaration and consist of 90 ECTS credits).
Please note that module information on our course finder provides a guide to course content and may be subject to review on an annual basis.

Year 1 Modules
Optional modules
* Attachment (Assistant Director)
* Brecht And His Influences
* Collaboration With Designers
* Contemporary British Drama
* Directing In Drama Schools/Universities
* Independent Directing Project
* Intraculture Performance
* Ma Dissertation By Director'S Production Workbook
* Ma Theatre Directing Written Dissertation
* Meyerhold & Biomechanics
* Mfa Dissertation By Director'S Production Workbook
* Mfa Theatre Directing Dissertation By Practical Project
* Mfa Theatre Directing Written Dissertation
* Music Theatre
* Shakespeare
* Stanislavskian Acting Methodology
* The Artistic Director
* The Techniques Of Adaptation
* Theatre Of The East (Field Study Option)

Year 2 Modules
Core with options modules
* Mfa Dissertation By Director'S Production Workbook
* Mfa Theatre Directing Dissertation By Practical Project
* Mfa Theatre Directing Written Dissertation

Optional modules
* Attachment (Assistant Director)
* Brecht And His Influences
* Collaboration With Designers
* Contemporary British Drama
* Directing In Drama Schools/Universities
* Improvisation And Devising Techniques
* Independent Directing Project
* Intraculture Performance
* Ma Dissertation By Director'S Production Workbook
* Ma Theatre Directing Written Dissertation
* Meyerhold & Biomechanics
* Mfa Dissertation By Director'S Production Workbook
* Mfa Theatre Directing Dissertation By Practical Project
* Mfa Theatre Directing Written Dissertation
* Music Theatre
* Rehearsal And Workshop Techniques
* Shakespeare
* Stanislavskian Acting Methodology
* The Artistic Director
* The Techniques Of Adaptation
* Theatre Of The East (Field Study Option)

Core modules must be taken and passed.
Core with options modules selected from limited lists must be taken and passed.
Compulsory modules must be taken.
Compulsory with options modules selected from limited lists must be taken.
Optional modules are selected from course specific lists.

Successful written application, plus a first degree of upper second class standard or equivalent (GPA 3.0) or suitable previous and/or professional experience. You may be invited for interview. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 7 IMPORTANT NOTE: Since April 2014 the ETS tests (including TOEFL and TOEIC) are no longer accepted for Tier 4 visa applications to the United Kingdom. The university might still accept these tests to admit you to the university, but if you require a Tier 4 visa to enter the UK and begin your degree programme, these tests will not be sufficient to obtain your Visa. The IELTS test is most widely accepted by universities and is also accepted for Tier 4 visas to the UK- learn more.

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