Students begin their journey into the world of acting by developing their performance and rehearsal skills through the exploration of extracts from a contemporary play text. Students then progress to learning how dramatic conventions can be used to explore characters and create performance. As they move through the year they explore contrasting styles of theatre, focusing first on naturalistic theatre and then moving on to study techniques used in contemporary physical theatre. The year concludes with a focus on theatre design with students investigating the work of theatrical set and costume designers.
In Year 8 the journey continues by building upon students’ characterisation skills through the exploration of a second play text. Students then get to experiment with creating their own pieces of drama based upon real events from history and the modern world before focusing on how suspense and tension is created within performance. The year concludes with a further focus on theatre design with students investigating the work of theatre lighting and sound designers.
The final part of students' KS3 journey focuses on how theatrical performances are constructed. The year begins with the practical exploration of a play text focusing on how the story is developed. Students are then given the opportunity to focus on devising their own pieces of drama using contrasting performance styles and a variety of forms of stimuli as the starting point for their performances. The year concludes with the study of a professional piece of theatre analysing and evaluating the work of performers and designers.
GCSE Drama
Students begin the year by developing the knowledge and skills needed to create their own performance. The skills and knowledge learned are then used to devise an original piece of drama in small groups. Students also begin the study of a set play. Through both practical exploration, design tasks and group discussion, students explore the text from the perspective of performers, designers and directors.
Students complete the two final units of the GCSE course. In component 2, students will work collaboratively to produce their own performance of a play which is performed in front of a visiting examiner. In component 3 students will sit a written exam answering questions on the set play they studied and a live performance they have seen.
Students begin the year by developing their creative skills through working as part of a group to devise their own piece of theatre. They will draw upon their prior knowledge of genres and styles to create a piece of theatre that is relevant to a contemporary audience. Students also study one historical text and through practical activities, research and discussion they investigate how contemporary performances of that text differ from its original performance conditions.
Students begin the year by working collaboratively to perform an extract from a published play as part of a group and to perform either a monologue or a duologue. Students then return to the study of the set text and go to see a performance in preparation for their written examination in which they will need to answer questions on how they would stage the text they studied and how the performance they saw differed from how it would have been performed in its original performance conditions.
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