Year 10 Drama One - Improvisation and Devising

Length of Course: Half-year

Course Summary: Students will explore all the elements of the dramatic arts through the form of Improvisation, including Theatre sports. This will include having lots of fun developing confidence with staging, blocking, voicework, role playing and characterisation. 

 Each term, the students will then select a style of theatre from the following genres (Soap Opera, Horror, Ancient Greek Theatre, Mask, Clowning, Magicians or Mime) and devise original script. The plays they write will be performed to an invited audience or tour local Primary and/or Preschools. Throughout the course, students will also have the opportunity to work with Drama technologies such as lighting, set design, costume, hair and make-up.

Assessment: In class.