We are the BA Drama & Contemporary Performance course at Manchester School of Theatre @ Manchester Metropolitan University
@mcrschart
@manmetuni
@mcrschart_prg
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Tradition, technology, and research collide thanks to cutting-edge technology from
@SODAmcr
in 'Granny Jackson's Dead' - a collaborative performance on grief, loss and commemoration.
Find out more 🔗 .
@BigTellyNI
We're excited to be part of the
@McrSchArt
Degree Show 2023 - launching tonight (5:30pm-9pm) and open to all, then running from 10-21 June. We have some of our graduating third year students showing performance work on Wed 21 June. More information here:🌟
Welcome to our incoming BA Drama & Contemporary Performance students. Hope you are finding your way around & enjoying first week of teaching
@McrSchArt
@ManMetUni
. We look forward to working with you over the next three years and making, studying & watching performances together.
Our BA Drama & Contemporary Performance students have been involved in working on films for Co-Labs
@SODAmcr
. Great to see their work on show at showcase and well done to all involved. Good to collaborate between Manchester School of Theatre and School of Digital Arts
@mcrschart
.
Co-Labs ♾️ Showcase
Modal
@manmetuni
9 - 13 May 2023
Private view: 5 May, 4-7pm
Join us for a brand new exhibition celebrating the artwork created by School of Digital Arts (SODA) students on their interdisciplinary units, Co-Labs 🎉
👉
Our Level 5 DCP students showed their final pieces for Artists & Companies yesterday. Great to see creative responses to the work of Gob Squad, Reckless Sleepers, Blast Theory, proto-type, Figs in Wigs, Action Hero and Bobby Baker. Well done to all involved
@mcrschart
.
Well done to Class of 2024 graduating today at
@manmetuni
. Very proud to watch you collect your degrees from the stage. Wishing you all bright futures. This is the moment where the Pro-Vice Chancellor asks graduates to thank their families and friends in the gallery.
#mcrmetproud
Congratulations to BA (Hons) Drama & Contemporary Performance
#classof2023
on Graduation yesterday! We're so proud of the amazing work you made over the last three years! Hope you had a great day at the ceremony and wishing you all the best for the future!
@mcrschart
@manmetuni
📢Opportunity alert: We have two new fixed-term Lecturer posts across our programmes here at
@mcrschart
@ManMetUni
including BA Drama & Contemporary Performance and MA/MFA Performance (
@PerformanceMST
).
Lecturer (Theatre History):
Deadline: 16 July 2023
Two other groups were working with Andrea Maciel to create a performance exploring the liminal (Left image) and
@TianGlasgow
exploring personal archives (Right image). Well done to our students for showing their work! Thanks to the artists involved for working with us
@mcrschart
.
Tonight is the second night of the Project 4 performances:
5.00pm In Full Light(GF-17)
6.15pm Inmates (1-04)
7.15pm Love and Information(GF-17)
8.30pm Loud Soul (GF-11)
9.00pm To Kill a Man (GF-17)
All shows are free, get there early to secure your space!
Exciting job alert news:
@manmetuni
is recruiting a full-time lecturer in Performance to teach on our courses
@mcrschart
: BA Drama & Contemporary Performance and MA/MFA Performance
@PerformanceMST
. Two years fixed term. Details here. Deadline: 18 December.
Congratulations to all our 2024 graduates on BA Drama & Contemporary Performance and
@mstacting
here
@mcrschart
. We look forward to celebrating with you at Graduation in July! For now, reflect on everything you've learned over the last three years, walk downstage, and take a bow.
Next week we have lots of exciting performances from our third year students as part of their Project 4 work. You can see all their posters and info in our previous tweets, with links to their Instagram posts to find out more about them! All shows will be free.
Don't miss this exciting opportunity for MSoT students to get 15% off physical theatre masterclasses by
@AnimikiiTheatre
, hosted at Manchester School of Theatre
All live performances take place in
@HoldenGallery
and are free to attend. Starting tomorrow at launch event. More information about our contribution to
@mcrschart
@manmetuni
degree show feat. showreel of film footage from DCP students and
@MSTacting
here:
Project 3b performances:
A Grain of Sand
Thurs 18th Jan, 5pm
Grosvenor East, 1.04
This performance is ticketed due to limited capacity but is FREE to attend.
Join us in Grosvenor East’s three theatre spaces📍
There will be three performances shown each night which you can view by purchasing a free ticket for the evening that you would like to attend.
Full listings and ticket information -
ARTIST WEEKEND! Well done to our 3rd years for their performances last weekend! Students worked with their chosen artist. This group worked with Mole Wetherell
@RecklessSleeper
to create a piece exploring ‘Binary Opposition’, inspired by music video for George Michael’s Flawless.
MA Performance students will be showing their one-to-one performances throughout Grosvenor East and the Man Met Uni campus this week. Be sure to visit and read their Sway to find out more:
📢Opportunity alert: We have two new fixed-term Lecturer posts across our programmes here
@mcrschart
@ManMetUni
including BA Drama & Contemporary Performance & MA/MFA Performance (
@PerformanceMST
).
Lecturer (Performance Practice):
Deadline: 16 July 2023
On the 5th & 6th Sept we launch our MFA showcase, MST minus Zero! It will premiere 2 original works, 'CHUTZPAH' & 'I SEE RED', by students at the final stage of their MFA, ready to launch their professional careers in the performance industry. Put the date in your diary now!
Falling Into Place is annual degree show celebrating the achievements of graduating students
@mcrschart
@ManMetUni
. This is the first time our students have been involved with showreel and live performances by Chris Richards, Jake Rayner Blair, Maxx Orrell and Valentina Vettore.
Our 3rd years are working on an Artist's Project with Tian Glasgow (
@TianGlasgow
), Andrea Maciel and Mole Wetherell (
@RecklessSleeper
). This weekend they will share their work-in-progress with the artists and then rework it for a public audience on Sunday.
Great to see our DCP students represented here
@mcrschart
.
Please Laugh…
Written and performed by Emerson Baigent
Wed 21 June, 5.30pm
Grosvenor East 1.04
Big Feed
Grace Hill, Kaja Lutosławska, Viola Machin, Daisy Nicholson & Emily Pickup.
Wed 21 June, 6pm
Grosvenor East GF.11
Our DCP students are getting ready for practical assessments in January. To find out more please go to our Instagram page with images and updates from Level 4, 5 and 6. Wishing everyone a good break and looking forward to seeing the final shows
@McrSchArt
:
Project 3b performances:
non (in French)
Thursday 18th Jan, 6pm
Grosvenor East, 1.04
This performance is ticketed due to limited capacity but is FREE to attend.
Last week, Dr. Celina Jones, Reader
@McrFashionInst
@mcrschart
, delivered a talk on fast fashion to our Drama & Contemporary Performance 1st year students who are currently devising ensemble performance projects looking at their relationship to clothes, sustainability & identity.
Tonight! Come see a performance written and performed by Emerson Baignet as part of the
@McrSchArt
degree show
'Please laugh…'
Please laugh set out to discover how it feels to be truly vulnerable in front of an audience.
Wednesday 21 June, 5.30pm Grosvenor East 1.04
We're excited to be part of the
@McrSchArt
Degree Show 2023 - launching tonight (5:30pm-9pm) and open to all, then running from 10-21 June. We have some of our graduating third year students showing performance work on Wed 21 June. More information here:🌟
Next Thursday and Friday (18th and 19th) our Third Year Students are showing their Project 3b performances in GF11 and GE1.04. Good luck to those performing and be sure to go check out their work!
Tonight:
5.00pm The Scent of Roses(GF-17)
6.15pm (After) Salt(1-04)
6.45pm The Pitchfork Disney(GF-17)
7.45pm Faith is Kindness(1-09)
8.15pm Red Thread(GF-11)
9.00pm Posh (GF-17)
Don't worry if you can't make it tonight as all performances will be shown again on Thursday!
Friday marks the final day of our DCP Third Year Final Performances (Project 4)
@mcrschart
. Last chance to see these new shows. Running order: The Interval (5pm), Good Life (6pm), Broken Reflections (6.45pm), Ballad (Film) (7.30pm), Fingers Crossed (8pm) & The Lighthouse (9pm).
Great to be part of the
@mcrschart
degree show this year: Meet The Future. Thanks to all the students and staff involved in working on this fantastic showcase event. Find out more about live performances we're presenting alongside students from
@MSTacting
.
Talk
#136
:
@BigTellyNI
brings world class theatre to communities. A conduit between rural communities & urban platforms they provide space for exchange & broker wider conversations about the local, the global & our place in society. Online now
@bunkertalks
First performance tonight in the Manchester School of Art Degree Show 2024
@mcrschart
. Good Girls Do Burlesque. Friday 14 June. 19:30-20:05. Performed by Olivia McGrath, Emily Blake, Ed Watterson, Bea Fisher, Deanna Wright, Alessandro Nieri & Livia Muscia.
Tonight! There are still spaces for Animikii Theatre's workshops that are taking place in Grosvenor East over this weekend if you haven't managed to get one for tonight's workshop. Please email info
@animikiitheatre
.com to secure your place.
On Tues 30th May our 'Invites' workshop week begins with 'DE-COMPOSITION'. An evening with physical theatre maker
@HenryMcGrath
(Eden’s Cave Company, Song of the Goat). Students ❗ Get 15% off with the promo code in the image [make sure to use your uni address!] 🎟️ at
@ManMetUni
Today is the second round of Third year Project 3b Performances! Good luck to all groups performing tonight
@mcrschart
. Signals and Impulses (5pm), Yarrow Spillane (5.45pm), JR and Jason (6.45pm) and Good Girls Do Burlesque (7.15pm). Well done to all our third year DCP students.
@MSTacting
@McrSchArt
tiny dex-hibition (15 min. video), by Maddie Maycock and Livia Muscia. 15-22 June. A video of a tribute to the much-loved Tiny Desk Concerts of NPR and All Songs Considered, placing original live music into the environment of an installed archive of creative practice
@mcrschart
.
@McrSchArt
@MSTacting
Glad to have one of alumni
@valvettore
presenting work as part of the launch event. Great that BA Drama & Contemporary Performance and MA/MFA Performance could be part of the showcase including footage on the screen of work from both programmes alongside our colleagues in Acting.
📢Some very exciting work coming up this week by our DCP first years!
Wiggin Lane, directed by
@alicebrockway
. Today at 3pm.
Tell Me What You Want, directed by
@hesterchill
. Tomorrow at 3pm.
Both shows in the Grosvenor East Theatre (GF. 17)
@McrSchArt
.
Break a leg everyone!
You can follow us on Instagram for images & information about all our assessments this week from Level 4, Level 5 & Level 6 DCP students
@McrSchArt
. Shows taking place across our studios every day exploring drama & contemporary performance. More info here:
Come see our third year's first night of performances tonight over in Grosvenor East, with more to see tomorrow! All nights will be free, no tickets needed but there will be limited capacity for some performances so make sure to get there quick!
Project 3b performances:
Something About Tents… that’s all.
Thursday 18th Jan, 7:30pm
Grosvenor East, 1.04
This performance is ticketed due to limited capacity but is FREE to attend.
@TianGlasgow
Thanks Tian - great to have you work with our DCP students again here
@mcrschart
. They are busy making work in response to the notion of the personal archive!
Project 3b performances:
Are feelings a human feeling or a feeling humans feel to feel human?
By Yarrow Spillane
Friday 19th Jan, 5:45pm
Grosvenor East, 1.04
Tonight! A show written and performed by Grace Hill, Kaja Lutosławska, Viola Machin, Daisy Nicholson and Emily Pickup as part of the
@McrSchArt
degree show.
You are cordially invited to 'The Big Feed'...
Wednesday 21 June, 6pm
Grosvenor East GF11
We're excited to be part of the
@McrSchArt
Degree Show 2023 - launching tonight (5:30pm-9pm) and open to all, then running from 10-21 June. We have some of our graduating third year students showing performance work on Wed 21 June. More information here:🌟
'Etiquette (or The Big Feed)' blends found text, movement and sound to bring cinematic horror tropes to the stage, challenging the audience’s impulse to make sense of what they’re observing.
Find out more at
Tonight! A show written and performed by Grace Hill, Kaja Lutosławska, Viola Machin, Daisy Nicholson and Emily Pickup as part of the
@McrSchArt
degree show.
You are cordially invited to 'The Big Feed'...
Wednesday 21 June, 6pm
Grosvenor East GF11
We hope that you enjoyed last night's performance! Anyone that missed Tuesday's show can catch it again tonight:
5.00pm The Scent of Roses(GF17)
6.15pm (After) Salt(104)
6.45pm The Pitchfork Disney (GF17)
7.45pm Faith is Kindness (109)
8.15pm Red Thread(GF11)
9.00pm Posh (GF17)
An exploration into clowning, mask work and physical theatre. What happens when a clown attempts to break the traditional conventions of these forms? Using research from LeCoq and industry professionals, we attempt to answer this (In 45 minutes).
Good luck to the first set of our Third Year Project 3b Performances taking place tonight
@mcrschart
. Here are timings for all the shows: A Grain of Sand (5pm), It Gets Crabby (5.45pm), non (In French) (6.15pm), Three Witches (7pm) & Something about Tents (7.30pm). More tomorrow.
@MSTacting
@McrSchArt
Non (in French) by Womp Womp. Thu 20 June 16:00-16:40. What happens when clowns break the conventions of clowning? Non (in French) is an unconventional & high-energy exploration of the use of masks, comedy & physical theatre. Womp Womp is a new theatre company
@mstdcp
@mcrschart
.
The Process (10 min. video), by Danté Chilon. 15-22 June. A short film looking behind the scenes at the process of an emerging artist's two passion projects, a TV show entitled The Haywards & a musical entitled A Rapper's Revival, made with Rosie Callaghan, feat. beats by Flower.
This
#CarersWeek
it's important to recognise the strength of carers whilst raising awareness of the problems that they face.
@TheUnionMMU
's Advice Team are a helpful resource that can help with problems relating to housing, finance, wellbeing, and academic issues.
Basilisk Wood (20 min. audio), by Frank Wilson-Caines
@MSTacting
@McrSchArt
. 15-22 June. A whimsical tale told in lyrical rhyme, Basilisk Wood explores a young child’s grief after parental loss. A story that uses nonsense to make sense of an incomprehensible event.
A week long feast of
#physicaltheatre
training! “Contradictions” with physical theatre master Matej Matejka (Studio Matejka, Teatr Zar) & “De-Composition” with Henry McGrath (Eden’s Cave Company, Song of the Goat). 10% off if booking the full NTL Invites programme 🎟️ 🔥
@mstdcp
Tickets for Chutzpah have almost sold out but there are still plenty of free tickets for I See Red in our main theatre space. Drinks tickets are also available to purchase to have before the show.
More information online about performances and screenings starting tonight
@McrSchArt
@manmetuni
representing BA Drama & Contemporary Performance and
@MSTacting
. Great to show MST's students work in
@HoldenGallery
as part of Falling into Place degree show.
Welcome back to our 2nd & 3rd year DCP students, and a special welcome to our new First years! We're excited to see all the amazing creative work everyone gets up to this year. Have a happy induction week! Follow us on Instagram too: .
@mcrschart
@ManMetUni
Milking It by Leigh Titshall, BA (Hons) Acting
@MSTacting
. Wed 19 June 14:00-14:20. She’s not quite ready to be the cat’s mother... Milking It is a new play written by Leigh Titshall as part of her Independent Project unit for her final year on our BA Acting programme
@mcrschart
.
This degree show features MA Animation work by one of our BA DCP graduates, Rebecca Horswill. Great to see our former students go onto MA study
@SODAmcr
.
Our
@SODAmcr
MA Show is currently on show 📽️📷👾
Running until the 28 September, the exhibition features work of our talented postgraduate students in Animation, Filmmaking, Games Art, Photography and Sound Design ⚡
Full details -
📷- Holly Beson-Tams
@McrSchArt
Thursday marks Day Three of our DCP Third Year Final Performances (Project 4)
@mcrschart
. Last chance to see these new shows All tickets are free. Running order: James (5pm), Pub anyone? (5.30pm), Two Guys, One Guest (6.30pm), Tanking (7.15pm), Unveiling (8pm) & A Show (8.45pm).
Posters for two of our Performance & Composition performances taking place today, presented by second year Drama & Contemporary Performance students
@McrSchArt
. At face value (3pm) and Vivum Corpus (4pm). All performances in Manchester School of Theatre studios at Grosvenor East.
Tomorrow marks Day Two of our DCP Third Year Final Performances (Project 4)
@McrSchArt
. Catch these new shows while you can. Running order: The Lighthouse (2pm), Fingers Crossed (3pm), Broken Reflections (4pm), Ballad (Film) (4.45pm), Good Life (5.15pm) & The Interval (6.15pm).
Are feelings a human feeling or a feeling humans feel to feel human? By Yarrow Spillane. Tues 18 June 14:00-14:20. A solo multimedia performance of the autoethnographic research process undertaken when attempting to answer this question, using physical theatre and direct address.
@MSTacting
@McrSchArt
Scenes from Merrily We Roll Along by Nejc Lisjak
@MSTacting
. Wed 19 June 16:00-16:30. A moving musical that unfolds in reverse tracing the lives of three friends through highs & lows of personal & professional endeavours. A cautionary tale for anyone who has ever pursued a dream.
Today marks Day One of our DCP Third Year Final Performances (Project 4)
@mcrschart
. Make sure to see as many as you can, and they’re all free. Today's running order: Pub anyone? (2pm), James (2pm), Two Guys (3.30pm), Tanked (4.15pm), Unveiling her voice (4.45pm) & A Show (6pm).