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Drama

Mrs H Weegram (Head of Department)hweegram@conyers.org.uk
Mr E Smithesmith@conyers.org.uk
Miss M Smithmsmith@conyers.org.uk

Key Stage 5 Curriculum Map

Curriculum Intent

We want students to have an inspiring experience of A-level Drama and Theatre. The course emphasises practical creativity alongside research and theoretical understanding. Students learn through experience, seeing theatre and making theatre for themselves. They are introduced to a wide range of theatrical styles and contexts as they explore plays practically, devise and work on performances.  Students develop skills that are not just essential for drama but can be applied to a wide range of higher education subjects and the workplace, developing students’ collaborative skills, analytical thinking and their approach to research.  We aim to develop students’ confidence and maturity as they successfully realise their own ideas. They learn to evaluate objectively and develop a sound appreciation of the influences that cultural and social contexts can have on decision-making.

Key Knowledge and Skills

The theatrical processes and practices involved in interpreting and performing theatre.
How conventions, forms and techniques are used in drama and live theatre to create meaning.
How creative and artistic choices influence how meaning is communicated to an audience.
Interpretative processes relating to

  • practical demands of texts
  • the choice and use of performance space
  • patterns of stage movement
  • stage positioning and configuration
  • spatial relationships on stage
  • performer and audience configuration
  • character motivation and interaction
  • performers’ vocal and physical interpretation of character
  • delivery of lines
  • listening and response
  • playing of sub-text
  • development of pace, pitch and dramatic
  • climax
  • relationships between performers and audience
  • design of sets, costume, makeup, lighting,
  • sound and props
  • design fundamentals such as scale, shape, colour, texture.

How performance texts are constructed to be performed, conveying meaning.

  • genre and form
  • structure
  • language
  • stage directions
  • character construction • style of play

How performance texts are informed by their social, cultural and historical contexts and are interpreted and performed for an audience.

  • the social, cultural and historical contexts
  • of plays
  • interpretative and performance strategies.

Year 12

Half Term 1

Introduction to Practitioners /Antigone/Response to Live Theatre

Half Term 2

Introduction to Practitioners /Antigone/Response to Live Theatre

Half Term 3

Yerma/Antigone/Response to Live theatre

Half Term 4

Yerma/Antigone/Response to Live theatre

Half Term 5

Making theatre

Half Term 6

Making theatre
Drama and theatre

Year 13

Half Term 1

Component 2
Creating original drama

Half Term 2

Component 2
Creating original drama
Exam

Half Term 3

Component 3
Making Theatre

Half Term 4

Component 3
Making Theatre
Exam

Half Term 5

Revision and preparation for Component 1 – Antigone/Our Country’s Good/Response to Live Theatre