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Head of Drama, Mrs M Bryan BEd (QTS)

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Yr 7 studying an adaptation of ‘Watership Down’

Senior School Drama is designed as a four year course, covering a variety of aspects of the subject including dramatic techniques and conventions, improvisation and voice work, the history of theatre, and text-based study. Pupils are encouraged to be playwrights, actors, directors and critics, engaging in three interrelated modes of activity: making; performing; and responding.

Every pupil in Years 5 and 6 takes part in one major production each academic year. In March 2006 they combined to perform ‘Dream On’ - a musical version of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.

Hermia and Helena fight in the woods – ‘Dream On’.

In December 2006 Year 6 performed a Greek tragedy - ‘Alexander, Son of the Gods?’

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In Years 7 and 8 we consider it to be the pupils’ choice as to whether or not they will take part in a major production. At this stage there are increasing opportunities for those interested in the technical side of drama such as set design, lighting, sound, make up and costume. In December 2005, 32 pupils took part in ‘Body and Soul’ - a modern musical about young athletes competing for a place in the 2012 London Olympics.

In 2006 we joined the Shakespeare School’s Festival, producing a 30 minute version of Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’, which we performed in Leatherhead Theatre.

Edinburgh Fringe Festival

For the past three summers Alasdair Richardson (Head of RE and PSHE) has taken a small group of talented students to Edinburgh to perform at the Fringe Festival. On all three occasions the show was a sell out success, and we have been invited back again next year. The experience for the pupils involved is hugely rewarding, both in terms of their dramatic achievement and their personal development.

Drama Scholars

When pupils reach year 6 they are invited to apply for scholarships. Drama scholar applicants undergo a short informal audition at which they must perform a monologue of their choice and take part in some improvisation. Successful candidates are awarded scholarships for years 7 and 8, and are expected to help the Head of Drama either front of house or backstage during younger year group productions.