As most drama is naturally character-driven, this scheme explores interesting and developed people from their outwardly straightforward exteriors to the deeper levels within. The majority of people...
KS 3
Macbeth: source of a backstage superstition and one of Shakespeare's best-known tragedies. I hope that this scheme of work will allow you to explore some of the areas of the play that are less well...
KS 3
This scheme of work is designed to be flexible and allow you to explore a script of your choice with your group. As you will be aware, Edexcel have redesigned the A level and this tends to lead to...
A2
This unit is worth 10 credits and comprises 60 Guided Learning Hours. The unit could be covered over one term of 12 weeks with 4 hours of teacher contact time and an optional one hour rehearsal each...
KS 5
Karamazoo is from Philip Ridley's collection of plays The Storyteller Sequence. The play is written in two sections with the protagonist, Ace, being played as a female and then a male with the script...
KS 4
This scheme of work invites primary school students on an adventure through space, time and fairy tale worlds, while also embarking on a journey of learning and self-discovery, through a series of...
KS 1
Physicality is part and parcel of children's play but as students get into KS3/4 in drama terms it needs to be harnessed, shaped, developed and used to push boundaries. This scheme develops from the...
KS 3
Ask anyone for an image that defines theatre and they will recall the theatrical masks that symbolise the two key theatrical genres of comedy and tragedy. Ask anyone why these masks are used and they...
KS 3
The aim and purpose of this unit is to develop acting and vocal skills for the specialist demands required for solo and ensemble audio performance. The unit can be delivered over two terms with two...
KS 5
This scheme of work is meant as a lead in to the new Edexcel specification and is ideal as a starter to the course. It explores the script Blackout by Davey Anderson and although this is not one of...
KS 4
Oliver is a book beautifully illustrated and written by Birgitta Sif. In this scheme of work, the overall aim is to explore the theme of ‘feeling different’ as, ironically, a common experience. It...
KS 2
The iconic movie of 1993 and now the stage musical of the same name have put the term ‘Groundhog Day’ into the public's consciousness. It means something that goes nowhere, round in circles, endlessly...
KS 3
If the eyes are the windows to the soul then the voice must surely be the door to …? This unit of work aims to introduce students to some of the core skills of working with voice. Looking at how we...
KS 3
This scheme uses articles, events, music, pictures, etc. from the 1990s as stimuli from which to devise original material. It is relevant for many new Drama & Theatre Studies exam specifications where...
KS 4