FT2PPP: Performance Production

Module code: FT2PPP

Module provider: Film, Theatre and TV; School of Arts and Comm Design

Credits: 40

ECTS credits: 20

Level: 5

When you’ll be taught: Semester 2

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Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s):

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: NA

Academic year: 2026/7

Available to visiting students: No

Talis reading list: Yes

Last updated: 25 March 2026

Overview

Module aims and purpose

Building on the skills developed earlier in the programme, this module is based around a staged production directed by a professional director associated with one of our associate companies [Rabble] performed in front of an audience of children and young people, as part of a community outreach initiative. The production may tour to local venues such as schools and libraries. Students will also take on production roles associated with the tour to complement their learning. This is an opportunity for students to apply their acting skills and theory in different areas of applied theatre, expanding their experience and career-readiness.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the social and historical significance of theatre for young people and applied theatre more broadly.
2. Develop and execute a small-scale tour of a short performance programme for young audiences, in relation to a professional partner’s community outreach work.
3. Demonstrate performance techniques relevant to theatre for young audiences, integrating specific theories of performance into their own performance practice.
4. Execute professional and ethical behaviours appropriate to collaborative working in an environment with young people.

Module content

This production module focusing on developing a performance programme specifically for young audiences. This will include learning and researching the social and historical significance and context for theatre for young audiences and applied theatre as a form. Students will apply their theoretical learning to practical skills development with professionals. Collaboration and organisation will be key skills needed to develop and create a tour for the performance.

A DBS check may be needed to participate in this module. 

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

Workshops and rehearsals will be the primary mode of teaching in this module. Within these, mini-seminars and lectures will be included to analyse the relevant companies, theorists and performance techniques. Students will be expected to learn and perform a text, led by professionals. The resulting production will be performed to a young audience. Students will need to carry out their own independent research on applied theatre and relevant contexts as well as acting theories that will influence their own creative work. Professional and ethical behaviour will be expected as well as collaborative working within the ensemble to plan and execute a small-scale tour.

Study hours

At least 90 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

Students need to achieve an overall module mark of 40% to pass this module.

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

Assessments with numerical marks

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or a DAS-agreed extension as a reasonable adjustment indicated in your Individual Learning Plan): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each calendar day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three calendar days;
• where the piece of work is submitted up to three calendar days after the original deadline (or a DAS-agreed extension as a reasonable adjustment indicated in you Individual Learning Plan), the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
• where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three calendar days after the original deadline (or a DAS-agreed extension as a reasonable adjustment indicated in your Individual Learning Plan), no penalty shall be imposed;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three calendar days after the original deadline (or a DAS-agreed extension as a reasonable adjustment indicated in your Individual Learning Plan): a mark of zero will be recorded.

Assessments marked Pass/Fail

• where the piece of work is submitted within three calendar days of the deadline (or a DAS-agreed extension as a reasonable adjustment indicated in your Individual Learning Plan): no penalty will be applied;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three calendar days after the original deadline (or a DAS-agreed extension as a reasonable adjustment indicated in your Individual Learning Plan): a grade of Fail will be awarded.

Where a piece of work is submitted late after a deadline which has been revised owing to an extension granted through the Assessment Adjustments policy and process (self-certified or otherwise), it will be subject to the maximum penalty (i.e., considered to be more than three calendar days late). This will also apply when such an extension is used in conjunction with a DAS-agreed extension as a reasonable adjustment.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf

You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

Taught sessions will include formative exercises and development work for which feedback will be given.

Reassessment

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