DRAMA

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER

YEAR 7 Introduction to drama and melodrama ‘Darkwood Manor’; exploring Roald Dahl monologues and duologues Live theatre reviews

YEAR 8 Genre in the world of theatre Theatre practitioners and script work

YEAR 9 Physical theatre & devising theatre Script work/ GCSE text Macbeth; World War 2 and Verbatim Theatre

Theatre reviews, stage combat

EXTRACURRICULAR

• Hackney Shed Theatre

Company online every Tuesday • Arcola Youth Theatre - check online for days • National Youth Theatre - online plays (details are on satchel:one to log in) • The Outrunners Community -

Run Your Career - internship opportunities in theatre/acting.

TOP TIPS:

• watch as much theatre as possible - there are lots of productions online

• read the script ‘Be My Baby’ by Amanda Whittington & ‘Find

Me’ by Olwen Wymark

• practise a monologue in the mirror. Monologues can be found on www.backstage.com/

WHAT NEXT?

KS4: GCSE Drama

KS5: A-level Drama & Theatre Studies

LAMDA:

Year 12 extra-curricular