Instructional Goals. This course will:

• Introduce students to London theatre in its widest variety of venue, format, and style.
• Increase student skills in engaging and analyzing contemporary aims and strategies of theatrical production.
• Develop more sophisticated approaches to understanding and articulating the variety and complexity of current theatre topics and aesthetics.
• Bridge current and historical topics and trends in British life and culture to the theatre-making and audience markets for theatre in the UK.
• Engage London life: including independent navigation of London’s transport system, differences in language, conduct and social diversity.

Student Outcomes. Students who successfully complete this course will:

• Develop a foundational wealth of experience regarding current theatre aims and practices.
• Achieve advanced critical engagement in different areas of theatrical production.
• Experience the diversity and intensity of London’s theatre industry.
• Experience London’s multiple cultural currents and everyday challenges.