9DRA – Year 9 Drama – It’s Show Time! – 1 Semester

Are you a budding theatre performer with years of experience already up your sleeve? Or have you simply always wanted to take the stage and never had the opportunity? This course will cater to all levels of ability or experience. The main criteria is that you’re ready to have some fun, get creative, work in a team and get up on stage to perform!

As part of this course you will have the opportunity to do a variety of the following things:

• Create characters and develop acting technique

• Improvisation and Theatresports

• Scriptwork

• Learn about the technologies of lights and costume

• Work with masks

• Learn about a theatre style - for example clowning or melodrama

Ultimately the goal will be to develop performance pieces to share with friends and family as the course develops. We cannot underestimate the power of the arts and how important it is to develop a creative mind. The confidence that we develop through the processes of Drama is undeniable.