Kate Holmes

Acting and Not-Acting (DRA1004)

Covered staff absence at short notice on 3 workshops delivered as part of this core first year undergraduate practice module. The unit focused on using play to provide students with the skills to create devised performances. Activities included devising and delivering the 3 workshops and setting exercises for 2 self-directed sessions

Cultural Adaptation (DRAM103)

Assisted senior members of staff with one other PTA to deliver lecture-seminars to MA students as part of core unit considering theatre and performance as adaptation. Activities included chairing small group discussions, marking formative assessments, running tutorials related to the formative assessment and presenting on own research within the context of the unit.

Interpretive Directing (DRA3009)

Assisted a permanent staff member on Interpretative Directing third year undergraduate unit. Supervised Directing students by providing feedback and exercises that assisted them in developing: first duologues and later ensemble work further.

Theatrical Interpretation - Practitioners (DRA1007)

First year undergraduate unit introducing students to theatre history through twentieth-century practitioners such Antoine, Appia, Craig, Stanislavski and Littlewood.

Teaching activities include running seminars, marking essays and presentations, delivering feedback, and tutorials.

Staging the Text (DRA2067)

Facilitation of one hour seminars and a two hour workshop. The workshop aims at getting participants to approach a text critically using Brechtian techniques before using insights gained regarding power relationships to think about using the entire stage space.

Widening Participation Discovery Day: Tricks & Transitions

A day of activities for Year 10 students to give them an idea of what learning Drama at University might be like. My taster session aimed to engage students in thinking about risk in performance through some basic counter-balance tricks. I also acted as a facilitator, assisting one group to create a short devised piece, tableau & tagline for their piece.

Pretexts & Contexts of Drama (DRA1010)

First year undergraduate unit introducing new students to theories such as semiotics, phenomenology, reader-response theory, feminism, post-colonialism and cultural materialism.

Teaching activities included running seminars, marking essays and presentations, delivering feedback and essay planning tutorials.

Research Project Development (DRAM039)

Invited to speak to first year MPhil/PhD and research MA students about my experience of discovering and identifying my research field and how this is reflected in a draft thesis plan.

Writing Mentorship for MA student

Provided writing advice to an MA student from another institution.