Drama
Theatre and Health
- Overview
- Module description
Theatre and Health (DRA2045)
30 credits
This module is a seminar-based option which explores the relationship between performance and health from a variety of perspectives. There has been growing international interest in increasing collaborations between health, medicine and performance, and the module offers a response to this focus. You will develop your understanding of:
- the social aspects of performance
- the relationship between performance and the medicalised body
- the theatrical representation of health
This module will be of interest to Drama students interested in exploring areas such as health in performance, dramatherapy and the body in performance; also to medical students interested in exploring theatre; and to any other students wishing to focus on these areas. There are no pre-requisite modules and the module is particularly relevant for interdisciplinary study.