Welcome to the Drama Stretch & Challenge page,
Below you will find two different areas, KS3 & KS4 task.
Once you have completed your tasks hand it into the Head of Drama and gain points towards a fantastic trip to Escape Rooms, Wild Wadi or Ski Dubai.
English KS3 Stretch & Challenge task
Task 1) Read at least three plays from the section below.
Try to make explorations into the themes, social historical contexts and the playwright's intention.
Blue Remembered Hills - By Dennis Potter
The Crucible - by Arthur Miller
The Caucasian Chalk Circle - by Bertolt Brecht
War Horse - by Nick Stafford
Find Me - By Olwen Wymark
The Government Inspector - by Gogol
The Ash Girl - by Wertenbaker
The Roses of Eyam - by Don Taylor
Task 2)
Consider how the plays can be interpreted by a modern audience, and how you might stage, cast and present each one.
Task 3)
Use the following websites to assist you with staging ideas and design elements that would be needed.
Task 4) You may also want to explore the techniques of Stanislavsky and Brecht who are famous theatre practitioners.
English KS4 Stretch & Challenge task
Task 1) Read at least four of the following plays, with a vision of performing as the role of actor or director.
How would you interpret this in performance for a modern audience?
One Man two Governors - by Richard Bean
Death of a Salesman - by Arthur Miller
The Curious Incident of the dog in the Nighttime - by Mark Haddon
Metamorphosis - by Steven Berkoff
Five Kinds of Silence - by Stephenson
Waiting for Godot - by Samuel Beckett
Colder than here - by Laura Wade
Task 2)
Explore the work of practitioners such as Frantic assembly, Artaud, Mike Leigh and Complicite.
Task 3)
Look at the design work of Julie Taymor.
Task 4)
Explore live theatre by using www.digitaltheatre.co.uk
Task 5)
How could the elements of practitioner techniques, design and staging help your vision as an actor and director?
