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.