Drama

DRAMA

Drama encourages pupils to be creative, developing their understanding of space and sensitivity to character, mood and atmosphere. It is also very helpful as a means by which pupils can come to understand plays in performance.

Pupils learn to collaborate effectively with others in a disciplined and committed way. They become more objective about their own work, and develop analytical and evaluative skills.

At Key Stage 3, Drama is taught as part of the English National Curriculum. It is offered as a discrete option at GCSE and A Level. It is not necessary to have specialist Drama knowledge to be considered for these courses and both are popular subject choices for male and female pupils.

All pupils are offered the opportunity to become involved in extra curricular drama both in school productions and House Drama competitions. The Drama Area organises a wide range of theatre visits, and encourages visits to school by experts such as professional actors, Theatre-in-Education teams and theatre designers.

The stage and hall have extensive facilities: an excellent lighting rig, flexible staging and a quadrophonic sound system. This allows pupils to excel not only as actors, but also as designers and technicians.