Drama

Content

Students develop their basic stagecraft, improvisation and analysis skills. The subject is separated into two key areas: Making and Performing and Analysing and Responding.

Making and Performing focuses on developing basic stagecraft and improvisation skills. Practical tasks may include:

• Basic stagecraft and appropriate Drama terminology 
• Improvisation activities such as drama games 
• Character development 
• Plot development activities 
• Devising scripts 
• Performance 

Analysing and Responding focuses on developing students’ ability to reflect on their own practice and the practice of others. Analytical tasks may include:

• Responding to students’ own work through a writer’s statement 
• Analysing the work of others through a review (stage performance or film)

Assessment   

Tasks may include: 

• Students participate in a range of practical Drama activities that enable the development of skills in stagecraft and improvisation 
• Students analyse a live theatre performance and record a response 
• Students plan and implement a performance 

Students must complete class and homework tasks that include making, performing, analysing, and responding. 

Additional Information

Performance at public events is a requirement of this course.