Performing Arts

Choose any of the following tasks which will earn you one KMS Bacc Knowledge point.

12.1 PA Visit

Go and Watch a Live piece of theatre either by visiting a theatre or using the digital online services. Write a Live Theatre review with the primary focus on the acting skills used and how they contribute to the success of the piece as a whole. (For technicians, instead of two actors, you could look at how design elements such as lighting, costume and or set.) 

12.1 PA Do

Find performance workshops in the local areas or online workshops delivered by practitioners and take part in one. When you have completed it/them, create a presentation which looks at your skill development. consider what your skill level as a performer was before and how it is now when reflecting on the impact of the workshop. 

12.1 PA Listen/Watch

Select a piece of Live theatre, watch it but also investigate the working of the backstage creative and rehearsal process. Research and view videos/podcast that outline the creative process leading up to the final performance. Display this information in either a presentation or Podcast. 

12.1 PA Read

There are 3 volumes of 'Modern drama in theory and practice' by JL Styan They cover a wide range of the development of drama and theatre throughout the 20th Century. Select one of the chapters and create a 500 word infographic on one of the style movements in drama history. 

Choose any of the following tasks which will earn you two KMS Bacc Knowledge points.

12.2 PA Essay

Create either an essay or a podcast script outlying your research and conclusion to the title: 'The foundations and development of the performing arts industry and the impact derived from the Covid 19 pandemic.'

• You will consider the development of the performing arts industry is relation to: different types of live performance, different types of recorded performance, typical industry structures. You should collate your findings into an account that: comments critically on the development of the performing arts industry that; evaluates how key technological advances have impacted on developments and the ways performance is consumed. and evaluates sociological impacts on the industry.

Choose the following task which will earn you three KMS Bacc Knowledge points.

12.3 PA Research

You will select and research two pieces of existing theatre repertoire. The two pieces will need to be in different styles (Play one is: 'A View from the Bride' - You need to find a contrasting play). You will need to develop a deep understanding of the two styles in order to successfully communicate their stylistic features and elements to the audiences. To help do this, you should select a performance extract from each, reflecting on creative decisions you would make if you performed them and how you would apply the conventions of the styles in which they belong. You can present his work as a scrapbook, essay or Google slides which has a range of video and written elements.