Year 10 GCSE Drama Devised Practical

The Year 10 Drama students completed their Drama GCSE Devised pieces last week, with a wonderful range of performances from the 36 students, presented in the Theatre last Tuesday and Wednesday.

The stimulus for this year was a passage from a climate change novel entitled ‘The Age of Miracles’, written by Karen Thompson Walker. The book follows the story of an 11-year old, who wakes up one morning to find that the earth is slowing.

The students used this poetic and intoxicating language to explore the consequences of the slowing earth and imagining how the world would change.

Each group of the 7 groups took a different perspective – one group involved a father obsessed with reading about the changes in the planet from his Newspapers to the disadvantage of his family. Another group set their piece in a factory where the animals were injected with products that passed down the food change. Alarming and exhilarating, each group used their dramatic techniques to an excellent level depicting the full range of emotions.

Well done to Year 10 GCSE Drama students, for completing their devising projects!

Mrs Woodbridge