PERFORMING & CREATIVE ARTS
On Tuesday 12th October all of our PCA scholars were treated to a TV and Film workshop from an acting agency called Scarlett and Co. Students were given tips and expertise around auditioning for acting work in TV and film. The agents were really impressed with the monologues and duologues that our scholars performed, many of who had learnt them off by heart for the occasion. The agents then led two improvisation workshops with a Year 7 and Year 8 class. Students were highly engaged and loved the activities. Both classes asked when the next workshop was going to be!!
On Friday 12th November Year 10 GCSE Drama students took part in a 2 hour workshop with the theatre company Frantic Assembly.
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Frantic Assembly are a physical theatre company who devise their own work, working with contemporary playwrights to bring their ideas to the stage. Students explored a range of devising techniques and had to devise their own piece of work to a stimulus. Students thoroughly enjoyed the experience, particularly learning how to perform lifts safely. This workshop will aid them with crucial devising skills they will need during the GCSE and into A level.
Santana Sessions delivered some fantastic Brazilian Drumming Workshops to two music classes for the entirety of the autumn term. 8P and 9N enjoyed 6 weeks of drumming on genuine Brazilian drums that Marcos and Edgar kindly brought to KAA every week. These included the tambourine, Surdo and GoGo bells. Students learned Samba Reggae and Samba Rio De Janeiro patterns. Their hard work culminated in a performance at the Tabernacle theatre on Saturday 11th December in celebration of the Brazilian musician Carlinhos Brown who was also Marcos’ teacher.
