Gifted and Talented students in Drama:
- Are highly creative, have original ideas to interpret tasks in inventive ways
- Use a wide range of dramatic techniques and enjoy devising new scenarios drawing on previous learning, as well as their own observations or the experiences of others
- Experiment with sound, light, staging, props, scenery, grouping and improvise reflectively
- Enjoy rehearsal and perfecting their performance skills
- Write scripts and devise ideas for their own enjoyment
- Listen well, reflect on the work of others and analyse effectively to improve work
- Think rigorously about characters, roles, themes and a range of interpretations in set texts
Prioritise and organise work effectively, communicating well with others to meet objectives - Seek out more information about the topic, artist or movement they are studying
- Reflect on the social, cultural, literary, historical or political context of work
- Create work which is individual, independent and mature relative to their age
Beyond the classroom students:
- Participate in school productions, taking the opportunity to understand all the elements of a show
- Write reviews of local/school productions for the school newspaper or website
- Enjoy street theatre and performance in Bath
- Listen to plays on Radio Four, use iPlayer/iTV Player to enjoy suitable high quality drama
- Join schemes to support young writers
- Ask the School Librarian for advice on researching topics for plays, playwrights, and productions. Read theatre reviews in broadsheet newspapers in the School Library.
- Enjoy a wide range of live local theatre through Theatre Club, by using standby tickets, performances at the Rondo/Mission Theatre/ Roper Theatre/Kingswood Theatre
- Develop leadership by supporting younger students and/or originating a new performance
- Seek out amateur drama opportunities such as YPT/Egg (Theatre Royal), local stage schools, or via voluntary organisations such as Scouts ( Gang Show, Spring annually)
- Watch films on general release based on stage shows, or which have been adapted for stage. The school library has DVDs of set text adaptations etc.
- Use the internet to find clips of famous productions/actors/directors or interviews with actors or directors
