Experience Opportunity

Theatre Directing: An Introduction

Work with a professional theatre director over 8 weeks to develop the practical skills and theoretical knowledge needed for a career in theatre directing.

What will this course help you achieve? 

  • Explore questions a director should consider when directing plays  
  • Learn how to bring a play to life through text analysis, movement and physicality, and devising techniques 
  • Practice running rehearsal rooms by planning exercises, leading a warmup, and presenting a chosen subject 
  • Plan, deliver and test your own directing exercises by observing and analysing the work of peers 
  • Explore the actor-director relationship: different ways to communicate your vision effectively, creating a fruitful room and bringing out the best from your cast
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