The MA in Writing for Performance and Digital Media offers students the opportunity to develop postgraduate skills in writing and storytelling for live and mediated performance. On this programme, you will think critically about narrative, storytelling and performance in contemporary culture, developing your creative writing skills and knowledge across a range of genres, forms and media. You’ll have opportunities to pursue areas of interest, including tailored pathways in writing for theatre, performance, screen and new media.
You will study in the context of the School of Performance and Cultural Industries’ outstanding research in the fields of contemporary performance practice, creative and adaptive writing, digital and intermedial art, audience studies and cultural engagement.
You will be encouraged to test the limits of style, form and genre, and to explore how your work connects with our increasingly complex world. You will also develop strategies for professionalising your witing practice, guided by a diverse community of professional writers, creative practitioners and innovative researchers. During your studies, you will analyse how writing practices fit within the wider cultural industries, considering how emerging technologies and industry practices shape the role of the writer, and locating your practice within the wider field.
Leeds has a thriving cultural scene, and the University has many connections to local arts organisations, allowing you to engage closely with the region’s theatres, museums, radio stations, film and television studios, and more. Our partnership with Leeds Playhouse offers a programme of specially created events and workshops every year, connecting you with one of the region’s most important centres for new writing.
Our School is based in stage@leeds, a purpose-built landmark building that sits at the heart of campus. As our student, you’ll have access to its two professional standard, publicly licensed theatres: the main space seats 180 and is equipped with the latest technologies, and the theatre studio provides a technically advanced performance research facility. stage@leeds hosts a range of work by students and visiting theatre companies all year round. Within the building you’ll also find rehearsal rooms, two black-box studios, costume construction and wardrobe stores, a design studio, a scenic workshop, computer aided design facilities, video-editing and sound recording. We also have a digital performance platform, stage@leeds digital, where you can access our work.
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PECI5107M | Independent Research Project (MA) | 60 | 1 Sep to 31 Aug (12mth) | PFP |
| PECI5406M | Narrative Perspectives in Practice | 30 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
| PECI5408M | Writing for Contemporary Theatre and Performance | 30 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
Candidates will be required to study 60 credits from the following optional modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PECI5104M | Individual Project | 30 | 1 Jan to 31 Jul | |
| PECI5106M | Performance and Collaborative Enterprise | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PECI5211M | Audience, Engagement and Impact | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PECI5216M | Arts and Activism | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PECI5219M | Sustainable Development in Arts and Culture | 30 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PECI5407M | Digital and Intermedial Storytelling | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PECI5409M | Script Development for Film and Television | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PECI5411M | Arts Based Practices in Health and Wellbeing | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
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