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Exploring Medea for performance

Medea is a tragedy like no other. It is a play that is full of emotions, and it just doesn’t hold
back. From the very opening, the audience are left questioning not only the motives of every...

KS 5
Schemes of work

Who Cares by Matt Woodhead

This is a two-part scheme of work for secondary Drama teachers, providing opportunities for learning devising skills and drama conventions in the first half; before exploring scripted work by focusing...

KS 3
Schemes of work

Looking at comedy using Billy Liar

Although many students interested in studying drama are quick to seize the opportunity of acting in or devising a comedy, it can be very difficult to get it just right. There is a reason many...

KS 4
Schemes of work

The Maids by Jean Genet: Interpreting a | performance text

The Maids by Jean Genet, is one of nine text choices, from Edexcel’s A level Drama and Theatre, Component 3, Section C: Interpreting a Performance Text in light of one practitioner for a contemporary...

KS 5
Schemes of work

The plays of John Godber

John Godber is a hugely influential and much-loved British theatre practitioner. This scheme explores his style of theatre using a selection of his own plays. It can be used for any board at KS4 and...

KS 4
Schemes of work

'East End Tales' by Fin Kennedy

'East End Tales' by Fin Kennedy consists of nine stories inspired by pictures and newspaper articles from local East London papers. It was written as part of a theatre project in Tower Hamlets and the...

KS 5
Schemes of work

Looking at the theme of despair

This scheme of work looks at feelings of despair using a variety of mediums: illustration, music, film and poetry. A loss of all hope is a prevalent theme in drama and literature, and the many ways it...

KS 3
Schemes of work

Practically exploring play texts: Equus – key scenes from Act 1

This scheme of work explores key scenes in Act 1 of the play text Equus, offering ideas on how to work with play scripts practically, with both on- and off-text ideas and activities. The activities...

KS 5
Schemes of work

Exploring Shakespeare's plays and language using three of his major tragedies

This scheme offers a wide range of activities to enable teachers to explore Shakespeare’s plays and his language with KS3 students. It offers ideas on how to work with three texts (Romeo and Juliet;...

KS 3
Schemes of work

Verbatim Theatre

By the end of this scheme of work, learners will have understood what Verbatim Theatre is, through a practical exploration of four texts (London Road; Deep Cut; The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later;...

KS 5
Schemes of work

Jealousy

This scheme of work follows the theme of jealousy; the feelings it can create and their possible consequences and ramifications. Students will examine different forms of jealousy and how feeling...

KS 4
Schemes of work

Practically exploring play texts: The Crucible

This scheme of work offers a variety of activities to enable students to explore The Crucible. It offers ideas on how to work with play scripts practically, with both on- and off-text ideas and...

KS 5
Schemes of work

Developing approaches to the set text extract – Yerma

This scheme explains how to prepare students for all three questions on the extract from the list B set text in Twentieth and Twenty-first-century Drama.
Section B of the AQA written exam involves an...

KS 5
Schemes of work

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett is one of the nine set texts for the new Pearson A level specification. These set texts form the basis of section C of Component 3: Theatre Makers in Practice....

KS 5
Schemes of work

Practically exploring play texts: Noughts and Crosses, Act 1

This scheme explores Act 1 of the popular play text Noughts and Crosses as a stimulus. The scheme offers ideas on how to work with play scripts practically, with both on and off-text ideas and...

KS 4