Drama
Drama
Read
1. Read ‘The Time Traveller’s Guide to British Theatre’ by Aeks Sierz and Lia Ghilardi- there’s a copy available in the school library
2. Take a look at these books available in the school library:
‘Konstantin Stanislavski’ by Bella Martin
‘The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising Theatre’ by Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett
Listen
1.Listen to music on this GCSE Drama playlist and think about what you could use in your own work https://open.spotify.com/playlist/24EBp7LqEH2jSBEy9PB7xc
Watch
1.Log in to Drama Online and watch a recording of the play ‘Our Generation’ by Alecky Blythe (your teacher can give you log in details). https://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/
2.Watch this series of videos about the page to stage adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/articles/zk8dy9q
Research
1. Research ‘The Paper Birds’- an all female verbatim theatre company. How can you use their work to inspire your own drama? https://thepaperbirds.com/
2. Using the link below, write a time-line of the history of theatre.
https://www.britannica.com/art/theater-building
Visit
1. Your local library and see what books they have on Drama and Theatre.
2.Visit the Museum of Liverpool and explore the social and community collections to find out about Liverpool’s popular culture and entertainment, working life, labour history, politics and public health as this will help to contextualise a lot of the work you do in class https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/collections/museum-of-liverpool-collections/social-and-community-history
Creative
1. Learn a different accent. There are lots of tutorials online, but here’s one for Birmingham to get you started
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TltSgaUR-0A Maybe you can incorporate it into performance.
2. Why not get involved with local company 20 Stories High
https://www.20storieshigh.org.uk/join-in/