Using Digital Theatre+ or Drama Library watch a contemporary reinterpretation of a classic play. Analyse and evaluate the success of the production in communicating the story to a new audience.
such as Love Song or Othello to understand the physical theatre approach of the company
Log into Digital Theatre and watch the interviews with directors – these cover a range of approaches from design to directing to reinterpreting.
such as Emma Rice
📖READ
C1 DEVISING
- Frantic Assembly’s Guide to Devising
Analyse and explore the different rehearsal and performance techniques. - The Empty Space – Peter Brook
- The Director’s Craft – Katie Mitchell
- Through the Body – Dymphna Callery
- The Complete Stanislavsky Toolkit – Bella Merlin
C2 TEXT IN PERFORMANCE
- a Shakespeare tragedy
- a play written last century
- a play written in the last 10
years. - Read the document that explore Bertolt Brecht’s theories in practice
C3 THEATRE MAKERS IN PRACTICE
- Theatre reviews in The Stage Magazine. These provide insight into how theatre is created and classics are revived.
Others
- The Methuen Audition Book for Young Actors.
🎧LISTEN
National Theatre Talks podcasts including interviews with actors, directors and playwrights.
🔍RESEARCH
C1 DEVISING
- Theatre History – how has theatre evolved from Greek Theatre to today?
Create a timeline that highlights the main periods in theatre
- Frantic Assembly
Who are they? What are their founding principles? How has their work informed contemporary theatre? - A monologue by your performance character, either from the perspective of 10 years before or 10 years after the play setting.
C2 TEXT IN PERFORMANCE
- Character performance –Write a detailed character motivation guide.
Using Stanislavski methods explore the units and objectives of your scripted character within the whole play and performance extract. - Use the rehearsal strategy list as a starting point and direct a session with your scripted group that will help with character communication.
- Explore the differences between Bertolt Brecht’s approach to performing and Constantin Stanislavski’s. What influences their theories
- Help out with KS3 Drama club, develop your leadership and directing skills by a project through from concept to completion
C3 THEATRE MAKERS IN PRACTICE
- Plans for design approaches to the three set texts – use the exam board planning tool to support you.
- Design and build a box set model that brings to life your designs for component three texts.
Other
- Take part in the school production to develop your craft and experience live performance.
- Choose two monologues that are 2 minutes long. One Shakespeare and one contemporary. Learn them and film yourself performing them.
📱WEBSITES AND APP
- Using Frantic workshop
Videos available through their website and YouTube – look at how movement is used to explore meaning in performance – rehearse some of Frantic Assembly’s key techniques.
- Use IDEA – International Dialects of English Archive (dialectsarchive.com) to research an accent.
Work to master this accent? Identify a monologue where this accent will be used and then rehearse and perform it to an audience
🗺 VISITS
- The Theatre Museum in Drury Lane
- The theatre costume floor of the V&A Museum
- The Globe or Swan Theatre
explore Elizabethan theatre - Book a lighting training session to familiarise yourself with lighting design.
- Attend workshops or training from FINESSE stage and screen, a Loughborough based company supporting young people prepare self-tapes and auditions.
- Attend one of the free RADA courses to further explore and experience the world of Drama School.
- Join CYC, Curve young Company to refine your talent and develop professionalism in an industry setting
