Drama
Our drama curriculum empowers you to express ideas, engage with diverse perspectives, and excel as a thoughtful performer and critic.
ExploreCurriculum Intent
In Drama, students belong to a safe creative community where mutual respect, kindness, and integrity underpin every class, rehearsal performance and reflection. We inspire students to believe in their creative potential, using a curious mind to interrogate diverse texts and human experiences. Adopting a scholarly approach to theatrical conventions and exploring new forms of artistic expression, students set high aspirations to become confident, articulate performers and insightful critics.
Key Stage 3
Taught through 1 x 55-minute period each week, students encounter a blend of theatre traditions and genres, including Greek Myth, Comedy, Shakespeare, Naturalism, and Epic Theatre. Our approach integrates English and History, enriching their emotional, academic, and creative development. For instance, students explore the lives of Victorian children and Greek Myth at the start of Year 7. As theatre makers, they create devised work and study scripts, developing their critical and objective writing skills.
Key Stage 4
In Key Stage 4, taught through 3 x 55-minute periods each week, students continue their journey as theatre makers and critics, working with theatre professionals to stage practical components of the AQA GCSE course. They focus on devising theatre, performing, and writing about plays and performances. The devising unit allows students to focus on various elements such as acting, costume, lighting, sound, or set design as they create their unique responses to prescribed stimuli. They explore the techniques of theatre practitioners such as Stanislavski, Brecht, and Mitchell, and gain firsthand experience by attending live performances.
