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Drama

Monday

4.00-5.00pm – 10-12 yrs (Level 1)

Tuesday

4.00-5.00pm – 7-9 yrs

Wednesday

4.00-5.00pm – 10-12 yrs (Level 2)
5.00-6.30pm – Teens

AGE 7-9

Fun introduction to drama where children gain confidence on stage and start to learn the basic principles of drama, in a group situation.

Kids will share exciting news from the previous week with the rest of the class – encouraging listing skills and being a good audience.

  • Warm up games that promote drama skills.
  • In a group we discuss the topic at hand and kids give feedback.
  • Working as a class or in groups we put the ideas into practice.
  • Rehearse the scenes or ideas that worked the best.
  • Games to finish the day.

AGE 10-12

Exploring creativity in drama, creating characters and storylines and working in smaller groups.

  • Drama games/exercises to warm up.
  • Break into groups and come up with skits/ideas/characters relating to our performance/topic.
  • Perform for the rest of the class.
  • Discuss what worked and what didn’t.
  • In groups refine the ideas and create new works.
  • Team building/fun game to end.

TEENS

More one-on-one work, working on established texts, characterisation and writing and performing own material.

  • Warm up games that creative foundations of trust within the group.
  • Physical and vocal warm up
  • Discussion of the topic at hand.
  • Class work on aspects of the project e.g. – characterisation, physicalisation.
  • Individual work with the text material with one-on-one sessions with the teacher.
  • Performance for the rest of the class.
  • Improve games to promote stage skills and quick thinking.

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