Theatre Craft – First Stages

This Creative Drama skills course is an engaging, practical, modular programme designed for students with or without previous drama experience. It is designed to develop self-confidence, a strong creative verbal and physical vocabulary, acting skills, imaginative thinking and a range of practical drama skills.

Depending on the length of the course, and specific modules chosen by the school, students will have opportunities to study mime, physical theatre, voice (projection and expression), scripted and improvised drama, current and historical literature and storytelling, puppetry and backstage arts. To develop and enhance an understanding of the creative art form of theatre, and the process of drama.

Modules include:

• A Start for Drama
• Playbuilding and Performance
• Speaking Up, Speaking Out
• Express Yourself
• Puppet Master
• Mask and Speechless Theatre

Objectives

• To develop positive group work skills, which will be introduced and developed throughout the programme.
• To develop self-confidence, a strong creative verbal and physical vocabulary, imaginative thinking.
• To develop stagecraft skills, including acting. Depending on the length of the course, and specific modules chosen by the school, students will have opportunities to study mime, physical theatre, voice (projection and expression), scripted and improvised drama, current and historical literature and storytelling, puppetry and backstage arts
• To develop and enhance an understanding of the creative art form of theatre, and the process of drama.

This course can be modified to suit the skills and needs of the particular students. Although it is specifically geared to the development of students’ confidence and skills, and NOT towards a final performance, there will be a presentation element. With 15 or more sessions, it would be possible to develop a short informal presentation, for an Assembly or a year group for example.

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