Drama

Why study Drama?

GCSE Drama at Marylebone is a creative, rigorous and practical course which challenges our students to explore and investigate performance, theatrical design and dramatic literature. Over 2 years, students will develop their practical and analytical skills through workshops in devised theatre, script work, theatre review, and set, lighting, sound and costume design. The Drama department utilises its relationship with prestigious theatres in London to offer a contemporary and demanding curriculum, offering students an inspiring insight into what theatre can be today. An academic qualification, this course forms analytical and critical writers with a robust understanding of Drama and theatre as well as providing students with the opportunity to be practical and creative.

University and Drama School

Drama and Theatre degrees are popular in the UK, and with the range of options available to you, you can find something that suits you and your career progression. Some examples are listed:

• Drama and Theatre Studies Acting                 Musical Theatre                     Design for Performance

• Stage Management                                       Technical Theatre                   Directing                                         Script Writing and Performance

• Directing       Applied Theatre                       Prop Making                                  Puppetry

• Movement Directing                                    Education                                  Theatre Research                         English Literature and Drama

• Theatre Research                                           History and Theatre Studies                                                            Classical Studies and Drama 

• Leadership                                                        Into Business                            Event Management

• Other professions, with the right other combinations of qualifications e.g Medicine/ Nursing/ Journalism/ Media / Psychology