Drama

Drama aims to give students the opportunity to express ideas and feelings through performance. Students will explore the techniques and conventions associated with performance styles, such as melodrama and comedy. An excursion to a performance will be undertaken to assist students to see how professional theatre takes place.

Content/skills
In this unit students will develop skills in the following areas; Improvisation, Play-building, Performance, Voice and movement, Script-writing and Stagecraft and the elements of production. Students will be assessed across four tasks, with assessment based on participation, performances and a folio.