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After graduating, Emma was awarded a place at East 15 Acting School in Loughton, to study MA Acting.


Emma Connell, BA Drama ’09, Halstead, Essex


Choosing the University of Essex was a simple decision for me. The course sounded fantastic and, as the Colchester Campus was so close to home, it enabled me to commute during my three years. In particular, one of the Department’s greatest assets was that the staff were all highly experienced; many of them being great writers, actors, performers and artists themselves. It was certainly an opportunity not to be missed!


Graduate profile


to explore Elizabethan drama. Each term you will take part in four to five practical rehearsal/workshop sessions at the Theatre Royal, with professional actors, directors, and dramaturges. This will give you the opportunity to develop your practical theatre skills, especially in acting, directing, and dramaturgy; as well as to learn about the ongoing research being carried out at the Theatre Royal. Alongside these sessions, you will take a series of seminars and workshops at the University.


Theatre in Education (third year) This module will seek to investigate the umbrella term ‘Theatre in Education’ (TIE), from a range of perspectives and contexts including social, historical, political as well as artistic, whilst focusing on the primary education sector specifically. Just as in TIE itself, you will be involved as a participant – physically, emotionally and intellectually. You will have the opportunity to examine both the history and changing definitions of the


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The modules I studied were all interesting and beneficial to helping myself progress as an actor. My favourite module was Tragedy, as it encouraged me to develop my own approach to acting and determined the way I approach all texts. Furthermore, the course structure was extremely flexible, so I chose modules that I believed would


help me in my future career; including those such as Shakespeare to Churchill and Political Theatre.


I focused most of my time and energy on my academic studies but still immersed myself in the social life on the Colchester Campus. I spent a lot of my spare time socialising with friends in the University’s many bars and cafés, as well as being an active member of the Theatre Arts Society.


I have no regrets about my time at Essex. It is difficult to put into words the amazing experience that I had. I will now take everything that I have learnt from being at the University and put it into practice in the next chapter of my life, as I start working towards my dream of becoming an established actress. However, I will never forget the time I spent at Essex. It is the best thing I have ever done and is simply irreplaceable!


genre. Through a hands-on approach with a range of professional experts, you will explore practical techniques such as story-telling, forum theatre, games, puppetry, masks, exercises and approaches to devising in order to build a toolbox of skills, all of which underpin one of TIE’s founding principles – recognition of the human being’s natural inclination to make sense of the world and the self within the world, through play.


Independent Practical Project (third year)


All second-year students following courses in drama or drama and literature have the opportunity to apply to take a programme of independent practical study in their third year, in place of one of the taught modules. This option would enable you to develop a practical aspect of your work, and to submit a performance for assessment, together with a 5,000-word written critical assessment of the process involved in arriving at this performance.


How am I assessed? Each drama module is assessed by a combination of coursework, practical work and written examinations.


What can I go on to do


with my degree? Essex graduates often go on to become highly-regarded professionals in the cultural industries. Significant numbers of our students go on to teach at all levels of the education system, while others progress on to further research in drama and related subjects. Several graduates have now become stage managers at venues across the UK. Vicki Weitz (BA Drama and Literature ’06) teamed up with a fellow Essex graduate to form the performance company Weitz and Muller. Drama graduates also find work in other varied areas including journalism, press relations, magazine editing, copywriting, industry and commerce, and law.


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