Drama is a core part of life at KAA. All students in years 7-9 participate in weekly drama lessons and it is offered as an option for both GCSE and A Level students.
We also offer a large range of extra-curricular opportunities for all KAA students to help develop confidence and communication skills through this artistic discipline.
GCSE Drama
At KAA all students have the option of studying GCSE Drama in Year 10 and 11. The course focus on three components and has a range of graded exams:
A Level Drama
Students have the opportunity to study A Level Dance in Year 12 and 13. The A level course consists of:
• Deconstructing Texts (1 hour 45 minutes) - Students study Arthur Millers "The Crucible" . Student must come up with a directorial vision of how they would perform the play. Questions are based around how they would interpret an unseen extract in comparison to Millers intentions
Workshops
Students are offered lots of opportunities in the performing arts at KAA. This year students have worked with professional actors to explore new and upcoming plays as well as having specialists lead workshops of key theatre practitioners.
Trips
To ensure students have a wider understanding of theatre in performance, students at KAA are frequently taken on trips to see a range of theatre productions. This is a compulsory part of the GCSE and A level courses. We try and take our students to a range of performances in a range of different venues. The trip we have offered this academic year are:
Production- Little Shop of Horrors
Productions at KAA are a huge, whole school event. This summer we put on Little Shop Horrors at the Playground Theatre.
Students from Year 7-13 took part, with many students also involved in the technical team and front of House. I
Summer 2019 brings KAAs next musical... watch this space....
House Drama
This year House Drama continued to be as creative and exciting as ever. Each House was given a Shakespeare play and had to produce their own version of it. We saw Honeyball explore Romeo and Juliet setting it amongst the backdrop of the London riots , Pankhurst took took on Macbeth, highlighting the horror and madness. Franklin set the Tempest in a prison whilst Angelou turned Midsummer Nights Dream into a city. The competition was judged by the three professional actors all working in the theatre or film industry today.
The Results 2018:
We are already excited for what next year has in store!