Module manager: Ben Dunn
Email: b.a.dunn@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
| PECI2211 | Interactive Performance |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
This studio-based module explores relational approaches to theatre and performance that put the audience at the centre of the live experience. Addressing examples from live art to immersive performance, escape rooms, installations, and digital performance, this module explores the practice, ethics, and aesthetics of participation in contemporary performance. Balancing workshop-based learning with student-led practice and research, you will identify an area of inquiry within this field, investigating the practice, theory, and ethics of work that challenges the relationship between audience and performer. Please note this is an optional module and runs subject to enrolments. If a low number of students choose this module, then the module may not run and you may be asked to choose another module.
- Students will develop practical understanding of contemporary techniques for engaging and working with the audience as a key component of live performance through tutor-led workshops and student-led creative practice;
- Workshops, sharings and rehearsal will support critical and experiential understanding of the ethics and aesthetics of participation, as audience and performer
- Critical understanding of theoretical, political and ethical discussion in relational performance practice will be developed through selected readings and group discussion; Student-led research will develop knowledge of a select area of practice, advancing understanding of how to create performance for specific audiences and contexts;
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1- Design performance events that explore the relationship between audience and performance, evaluating and applying ethical and practical understanding related to the fields of interactive, participatory, and immersive performance;
2- Evaluate potential outcomes and apply performance skills to engage the audience as an integral aspect of live performance;
3- Critically appraise the ethical, relational and political challenges of performance in this field.
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
4- Demonstrate creative, critical thinking about the relationship between audience and performance, in writing and practice;
5- Apply problem solving and analytical skills for working with and engaging the public in live events;
6- Demonstrate critical thinking and reflective abilities to position practice in relation to academic discussion and the wider context of cultural sector.
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio Time | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Lecture | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Practical | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| Seminar | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Private study hours | 167 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 33 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
Students will receive ongoing tutor feedback on their learning and engagement with practical and theoretical material during workshops and seminars.
In addition:
- Students will submit a draft version of their written submission for feedback;
- Students will receive formative feedback on their practical engagement and creative response to the themes on the module during each of the practical sessions, where they will be required to develop and present examples of practice;
- Students will receive targeted tutor feedback to support the development of their pieces.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Performance | 70 |
| Coursework | Written critical contextualisation | 30 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
It is not possible to recreate the conditions of a group performance project should a student need to resit the assessment. In this situation, students will be offered two options: a solo performance exploring the same subject area OR a ‘performance blueprint’
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 03/04/2025
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