PRFM 2601 Being There: Theories of Performance

Semester 1, 2008

This page is a resource site for PRFM 2601 Being There: Theories of Performance. Lecture summaries, powerpoints, links and assessment tasks will be posted here once the semester starts.

You are welcome to download last year's unit of study outline as a reference here. Please note, the 2008 outline will differ slightly from the one offered here.

For those wishing to get a bit of a headstart over the summer, you can read an article by Senior Lecturer with the Department, Dr Ian Maxwell, detailing the history and concerns of the Department of Performance Studies in The Drama Review, the leading journal in the field of performance studies: link.

IMPORTANT: The first lecture for this unit of study at 10am on Monday March 3rd, 2008, will take place in The Rex Cramphorn Studio at the Department of Performance Studies, Level 1, Woolley Building (enter via Manning Rd, opposite the Old Teachers' College (see map).
The Rex Cramphorn Studio is immediately addjacent to the Department's AV Studio, where all the tutorials for the unit of study will be held.

All subsequent lectures will be in the Old Geology Lecture Theatre

Tutorials will commence in week 2. You will be offered your choice of tutorial times in the first week of lectures. Note that although the timetabling unit will have allocated you to a tutorial that tutorial may not be used. Therefore, it is imperative that you select your preferred time in the first week. Contact Amanda Card, the unit of study cooridniator for more details, or if you are confused.