LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon completing this course, the students will be able to appreciate the complex character of a theatre production and to interpret it, taking into account the diverse elements composing it.  Moreover, they will be able to determine how aesthetic choices contribute to the overall production of meaning in a work.  They will also be able to distinguish and make comparisons between different kinds of productions, such as word and image centred, improvisational or interactive productions. Moreover, they will be in a position to appreciate finer distinctions between productions of a similar orientation. Through analysis of diverse examples, students also appreciate the range of tendencies prevalent in contemporary theatre and acquire the ability to identify these them in productions they see or prepare themselves.  On a philosophical level, the experimental contemporary trends discussed in class also practice the ability of students to develop arguments as to the nature of theatre.