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Course Description
This syllabus is divided into two units.

The focus for Unit 3 is reinterpretation of drama for contemporary audiences, focusing upon reimagining dramatic text, context, forms and styles for modern audiences through applying theoretical and practitioner approaches. This includes physical theatre approaches, such as Jacques Lecoq, Anne Bogart and Tadashi Suzuki and text-based approaches, such as Theatre of the Absurd, Asian theatre and Poor Theatre. In this unit, students work on the reinterpretation of text, subtext, context, form and style through in-depth study.

The focus for Unit 4 is contemporary and devised drama, focusing upon interpreting, manipulating and synthesising a range of practical and theoretical approaches. This includes contemporary theatre approaches, such as Anne Bogarts Viewpoints and Jaques LeCoq and experimental approaches, such as Frantic Assembly. In this unit, students show their understanding of how a range of practical and theoretical approaches manipulate the elements of drama to devise and perform original work.

Careers/Further Study
Students who have a talent for drama may wish to pursue a career in this area, perhaps through further study at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) in New South Wales, Curtin University or The University of Queensland. This course will provide a valuable grounding for these students.

Career opportunities include, but are not limited to:

• Drama Teaching
• Arts Management
• Stage Management
• TV Acting and Design