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SHAPE YOUR FUTURE
BA (Hons) Comedy:
Performance and Production
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BA (Hons) Comedy: Performance and Production
Comedy: Performance and Production
events. To support this we bring in visiting
at Winchester offers a highly practical,
professionals to give practical workshops
dynamic and exciting programme which
and talks. The programme has built strong
has its fingertips on the pulse of
relationships with local venues including
today’s comedy.
The Point in Eastleigh and the Theatre
Royal Winchester. Increasingly, student
The programme is targeted at students
performances are produced at these
who are:
venues. Students also have the opportunity
• Passionate about creating, writing and
to attend the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in
performing comedy
• Creative, risk-taking and ready to learn
August with staff and students from across
the Department of Performing Arts.
through facing challenges
• Excited about discovering the potential
of comedy
Course overview
Students receive around 12 hours of
contact time per week which includes
The programme explores the exciting
practical workshops, lectures, seminars and
variety of comedy forms – from
individual tutorials. From the beginning of
Shakespeare to stand-up, from clowning to
the programme the student is the creator of
creative writing, and includes studying the
their own comedy work. Whilst the course
history and theory of comedy.
is focussed on practice there are theory
modules in which students are introduced
Students focus on both group and solo
to comedians and companies working in the
comedy and study a broad range of
field of comedy.
comedy genres. To help students reach
their goals, we have state of the art studio,
In addition, students must organise their
rehearsal and performance spaces.
own studying and find time for solo and
group rehearsals, performances and reading.
Students on the programme have the
Throughout the three years of study,
opportunity to create, produce, think
students gradually become independent
about, discuss and critique a wide range
learners, choosing to study the areas of
of professional performances and comedy
comedy which interest them most.
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BA (Hons) Comedy: Performance and Production
Modules†
a module in which they create a stand-
performance practice in the Performance
Year 1
up performance. The third core module
Now: Debates and Practices module
Core modules
is about experimenting with a range of
and have the opportunity to develop
• Histories and Contexts
popular forms of comedy – for example,
organisational, CV writing and business
• Making
variety, clowning, commedia dell’arte,
planning skills in Cultural Entrepreneurship
• Comic Traditions
circus.
and Production.
• Writing for Comedy
Students are then given the opportunity to
Students then spend the majority of
Year 2
choose from a range of optional modules.
the year taking two other modules – to
Core modules
This wide range of options is designed so
take part in a collaborative comedy
• Dramaturgy: Analysis and Creative
that comedy students are encouraged to
performance or to take a professional
develop and pursue their own particular
internship.
Development
• Popular Performance
interests within the broad field of comedy.
Finally, all students undertake the
• Stand-up
Year 3
Extended Independent Study – an
Students then select three optional
Core modules
independent study on a topic which
modules from the following list:
• Performance Now: Debates and
students are passionate about. Comedy
• Digital Performance
• Puppetry and Object Manipulation
• Physical Theatres
Discourses
• Creative Entrepreneurship and
Production
students may negotiate to present it as a
performance, although students may also
opt to present it as a dissertation of
• Open Project
• Collaborative Project
8,000-10,000 words, or as shorter
• Musical Theatre in the UK and USA
• Internship
dissertation with a practical performance.
• Contemporary Cultural Heritage
Students must pick one of the two
Please note the University cannot
• Transcultural Practices
following modules:
guarantee the availability of all modules
• Volunteering
• Extended Independent Study
listed and modules may be subject to
In Year 2, students study a number
• Extended Independent Study (Portfolio)
• Immersive Performance
(Dissertation)
methodologies in viewing, analysing and
In Year 3, students explore a number of
creating comedy. Students then focus on
debates around issues in comedy and
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For full module summaries please visit
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of different critical and reflective
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change.
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BA (Hons) Comedy: Performance and Production
Learning and teaching
shown publically at venues in the region.
Students are expected to research through
Student performance has also been entered
performance and wider reading. Students
into the National Student Drama Festival.
write essays, analyse performances, write
critical journals and give oral presentations
Teaching team
of their ideas. Help in essay writing is given
Dr Richard Cuming is a performer,
and some modules ask for drafts of essays
director, deviser and teacher whose
before the writing up, to identify areas
specialism is in physical and visual
which can be improved.
performance and the synthesis of different
forms, including clown and popular
What kind of performance will
students make?
performance.
At Winchester, Comedy is about the performer
Stephen Hall is an actor, writer and
as creator and producer of their own work.
director, as well as a consultant to the
We are interested in students who are keen
creative and cultural industries. His
to make their own exciting and contemporary
teaching and research is focused on
comedy. These could be performances of
popular forms of theatre and performance.
many kinds using the body, voice or digital
technologies, in a theatre, a cabaret, a comedy
Janet Lee is a physical theatre performer
club, a site-specific location. We do not study
and puppeteer whose specialist areas
comedy texts just to perform them but we
are Physical and Visual Theatre. She has
may use a text as a starting point for devising
directed for and performed with Strange
and writing comedy. They may also use a piece
Arrangements for the past 10 years as well
of music, an image, an event, a short story or
as collaborating with Australian puppetry
an environment.
company Spare Parts Puppet Theatre.
There are societies such as Performing Arts
John Lee is Artistic Director of Fuse
Winchester (PAW) which regularly presents
Performance and a consultant to
plays and musicals at the University, so
companies such as Kneehigh Theatre
students may do this outside the curriculum.
Company. He has toured in over 35
In addition, student work is selected to be
countries as a performer and street artist
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BA (Hons) Comedy: Performance and Production
with the British Council and is Co-founder
written work. Written work takes the form
of the first Circus School in Britain.
of essays, portfolios of work, websites
and journals. Much of the written work is
Bernard McKenna has been a comedy
posted directly online.
scriptwriter, producer and actor for TV and
film. He co-wrote with Monty Python’s
Careers
Graham Chapman and played several parts
Comedy students go into a range of careers.
in Monty Python’s Life of Brian. He has
Many students become independent
written hundreds of half hour comedies
comedians or set up their own companies
and has also produced three TV series. He
after graduating. Some students audition
co-wrote and appeared in several of John
for postgraduate training in drama schools,
Cleese’s comedy training films. He has
go into teacher training or continue onto
recently finished writing a ‘seriously funny’
further postgraduate study such as an
feature length screenplay.
MA, PhD or Doctor of Creative Arts.
Other students go into community work
Steve Solloway is a flautist and
(for example, one former student is the
composer. His specialist academic interests
Education Officer for the English Touring
are in soundscape, music improvisation and
Theatre). Graduates go into other careers
composition.
in the creative industries and business
where they are in demand for their creative
Dr Olu Taiwo teaches both dance and
thinking and confidence in public speaking.
performance in a virtual setting and has
a background in Fine Art. He is an actor,
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dancer and drummer.
Course Enquiries and Applications
Assessment
Telephone: +44 (0) 1962 827234
Students study a combination of practice
Email: course.enquiries@winchester.ac.uk
and theory through practical classes
and workshops, lectures, seminars
and tutorials. Individual and group
performances are assessed as well as
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Fact File
BA (Hons) Comedy Performance and Production
Typical offer:
Additional costs:
2017 entry: 96-112 points*
Additional costs per year of approximately £100
Yr 1
20
80
Selection process:
to cover trips, books and materials.
Yr 2
21
79
Suitable applicants are required to attend an
To find out what general costs are included or
Yr 3
interview
excluded in the course fees, such as textbooks
UCAS code:
W470
Degree duration:
3 years full-time; 6 years part-time
Tuition fees:
Full-time UK/EU/Channel Islands and Isle of
Man students:
£27,000 total (£9,000 p/a)
USA
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50
50
Yr 2
50
50
42
58
% written exams
Winchester
If English is not your first language:
Yr 1
Yr 3
the King Alfred Campus or at West Downs,
UK, EU, World
associated with this programme are detailed at
Method of assessment ✝
Taught elements of the course take place on
£33,900 total (£11,300 p/a)
44
% time on placement
Location:
Suitable for applicants from:
49
% time in independent study
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Study abroad (optional):
7
% time in lectures, seminars and similar
and travel expenses, visit
Full-time International students:
Part-time costs and any additional costs
Learning activities ✝
% coursework
% practical exams
*Entry requirements correct at time of print. For
up-to-date entry requirements please visit the
Students are required to have achieved a
website at www.winchester.ac.uk
minimum of IELTS 6.0 (including 6.0 in writing) or
✝
equivalent.
in this leaflet, and how data is calculated,
For more information about the modules listed
please visit
www.winchester.ac.uk/yourUGcourse
For full terms and conditions, please visit
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STEP 1
Read the prospectus
STEP 2
Choose your course of interest
STEP 3
Enjoy exploring Winchester at an Open Day
It’s now time to submit your application form!
STEP 4
Apply to Winchester via UCAS (www.ucas.com) from mid-September
STEP 5
We review your application and make a decision within
2-3 weeks of you applying (some courses may require an interview)
STEP 6
We hope to offer you a place at Winchester – this may be a conditional offer
or an unconditional offer if you have already met our entry requirements
STEP 7
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and insurance (second) choice
STEP 8
Once you have accepted our offer you can apply for University housing
STEP 9
In August, we receive your results and, subject to meeting our offer, your
place is confirmed
STEP 10 Read your Welcome Pack containing all the information you need in
advance of your arrival
We look forward to welcoming you to Winchester!
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University of Winchester,
Winchester, Hampshire SO22 4NR
T: +44 (0) 1962 827234
E: course.enquiries@winchester.ac.uk
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