Competencies

C1: Performing

C2: Creating

C3: Interpreting

C4: Reflecting

Course Overview

Physical Theatre - Mouse on a Bus

• Students work in groups to create a practical performance using:

  • Characterisation

  • Mime

  • Physical Theatre

Working with a Script - Blood Brothers

• Students work in pairs to develop their understanding of bringing a text from the page to the stage through the use of:

  • Characterisation

  • Staging

  • Blocking 

  • Proxemics

Devising Original Theatre from a Text - A Monster Calls

• Abstract Physical Theatre

• Building Tension

• Creative Theatre Making

• Esemble Storytelling

• Proxemics

• Working with Pace

• Communicating Truth through Characterisation

• Theatre Design 

  • sound

  • lighting

  • set

Shakespeare - Romeo & Juliet

• Creating  Tension

• Creating Comedy

• Soundscapes

• Characterisation 

• Stage Combat

Assessment

Learners show their progress against each of the competencies in their class and homework. They are also practical assessments over the course of the year as follows:

Autumn Term - Mouse on a Bus,  a group mime and physical theatre performance (Competencies 1 and 2)  

Spring Term - Blood Brothers, a paired scripted performance with written reflection (Competencies 1, 3 and 4).  

A Monster Calls - An exploration of text and the process of devising. Students will demonstrate their learning through either the performance of a devised piece OR a scripted scene (Competencies 2, 3 and 4). 

Summer Term - Romeo and Juliet (Stage Combat),  Students will perform a fight scene choosing to use either Shakepeare's original language or a reinterpretation of the scene using modern slang (Competencies 1 and 3) 

Recommended Reading

Peck, A., Cookson, S. et al Monster Calls (The Play) - based on the novel by Patrick Ness (2018)

Russell, W. Blood Brothers (1981)                                                                                   

Shakespeare, W. Romeo and Juliet 

Drama