Language, Communication and Playwriting

About

This two-week theatre skills, playwriting, and performing course makes use of the UK’s long-standing reputation as a leading centre of theatre-making to explore English Language learning and intercultural communication through performance and writing for performance.

On this course you will be introduced to drama exercises that encourage listening, ensemble awareness, and creative collaboration in a playful, non-traditional, and physically energising environment. This setting also serves as a unique space to explore English language learning and intercultural communication in all its forms.

On this course you will:
1. be taught basic playwriting skills, including character creation, spoken improvisations, simple devising, and short writing exercises
2. have workshops on intercultural communication
3. explore theatre principles based on Stanislavskian techniques.

Course leader

Sam Barclay, Senior Lecturer in the Nottingham Institute of Languages and Intercultural Communication.

Target group

This course is perfect for university level students from any discipline with a passion for playwriting and performing. The English language requirement for this course is an overall score of 5.5 IELTS or equivalent.

Course aim

You will create a short play for two characters with the support of our theatre and script development tutor. There will be time for rehearsal, staging, and performance and you will perform in each other's plays with support from our professional actor!

After studying on this course you will:
1. build your confidence in public speaking and acting in English
2. develop your playwriting skills
3. develop your English language skills
4. have lots of opportunities for cross-cultural communication.

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