Performing Arts

Superheroes: Students will be introduced to key physical skills to develop and perform their own superhero character as they devise a scene using techniques such as role on the wall, improvised role play, slow motion movement and dialogue.
Physical theatre: Students will be introduced to the key stagecraft skills to be able to perform a piece of physical theatre using techniques like mime, body-asprop and choral movement to tell the story of the Trojan Horse.

Bollywood: Students are introduced to the key dance performance skills to learn and perform a Bollywood routine – they will choreograph their own group dance using Bollywood dance movements and devices such as formations, levels, direction, cannon and unison.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Students will be introduced to key vocal skills through performing the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory script, they will explore the script using techniques like roleplay, tableaux, thought-tracking, hot-seating and cross cutting. Students will take part in a final performance incorporating all the skills learnt in Year 7.

Film Trailer: Students will use their stagecraft and performance skills to perform a film trailer – they will devise their own trailer to advertise to the audience, using techniques such as physical theatre, direct address, voice over, montage and slow motion.
World War 1: Students will use their performance and stagecraft skills to perform a scene set in the trenches using techniques like monologue, physical theatre, slow motion, tableau, split scene and soundscape to build tension.

Melodrama and pantomime: Students will be introduced to the conventions and techniques used in melodrama and pantomime using techniques such as direct address, asides, mime and slapstick comedy.
Styles of dance: Students will be introduced to a variety of dance styles such as street, jazz, musical theatre and contemporary. They will learn the choreography for three different pieces of dance repertoire and work on a final dance performance, extending the dance using the five key dance actions and choreographic devices.

Romeo and Juliet: Student will use their stagecraft and performance skills to stage key scenes from Romeo and Juliet including the prologue, a soliloquy and a fight scene, as they explore techniques to communicate mood and atmosphere through different styles.

Acting techniques in realism: Students will be introduced to the theatre practitioner Stanislavski as they use techniques such as off-text improvisation, given circumstances, Magic IF, levels of tension and the leading technique to rehearse and perform a dialogue.
Blood Brothers: Students will develop their knowledge of Stanislavski’s techniques through rehearsing and performance of a scene from Blood Brothers.

Noughts and crosses: Students will be introduced to the theatre practitioner Brecht, as they use techniques such as montage, narration, direct address, multi-role, placards and gestures to develop a performance of scene from Noughts and Crosses.
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie: Students will be introduced to the style of musical theatre as they develop their knowledge of vocal and physical skills through learning warm up and support exercises.

Devising from a stimulus: Students will use their knowledge and skills from KS3 to devise their own performance in response to a stimulus in the style of Documentary Theatre, they will gain experience of working as a Theatre Company, considering their purpose, creative intentions and target audience.

Performing from a text – introduction (DNA): Students will build on their skills from KS3 through exploring a new play text, DNA. They will develop relationships, trust and confidence in their new class.
Devising and interpreting theatre (Berkoff): Students are introduced to the practitioner Berkoff and Total Theatre. They will demonstrate rehearsal techniques practically and apply Total Theatre conventions to a scene in an Inspector Calls.
Devising and interpreting theatre (Brecht): Students develop their knowledge of the practitioner Brecht and Epic Theatre, they’ll demonstrate Brecht’s rehearsal techniques practically and apply Epic Theatre conventions to a scene in an Inspector Calls.

Pantomime Performance: Students will work as a class to rehearse and perform a pantomime to Year 7 and 8 and analyse their performance in an evaluation.
Devising and interpreting theatre (Frantic Assembly: Students will be introduced to the theatre company Frantic Assembly and their physical theatre techniques, as they apply their conventions to a scene of An Inspector Calls.

Devising Theatre (The Paper Birds – stimulus mock): Students will be introduced to the theatre company The Paper Birds and their verbatim theatre techniques, as they apply their conventions to a scene influenced by a stimulus.
Devising theatre performance: Students will devise their component 1 performance in response to a stimulus and in a style of their choice.

Component 1 Performance NEA: Students perform their final component 1 performance in response to a stimulus and in a style of their choice.
Component 1 Portfolio: Students complete a portfolio of supporting evidence to demonstrate how they created and developed their ideas.
Component 1 Evaluation: Students will analyse and evaluate their performance in a controlled environment.

An Inspector Calls (Act 1 & 2) Context, lighting and set design: Students build on their knowledge of An Inspector Calls, interpreting the text from the perspective of a Director, Actor and Designer, while developing their essay writing technique.
Live Theatre Evaluation: Students will watch, analyse and evaluate live theatre in preparation for their component 3 exam.
COMPONENT 2 EXAM

An Inspector Calls (Act 3) Sound and Costume Design: Students build on their knowledge of An Inspector Calls, interpreting the text from the perspective of a Director, Actor and Designer, while developing their essay writing technique.

COMPENENT 3 EXAM