Autumn Term
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Introduction to drama
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- Status
- Blocking
- Proxemics
- Characterisation
- Tableaux
- Rules of the drama studio and code of conduct
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Vocab Quiz
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Theatre History |
- Greek Theatre (2)
- Medieval Theatre (2)
- Mummers (1)
- Anti-Bullying week lesson (1)
- Re-cap of key vocab
- Iambic pentameter
- Physical theatre
- Scripted dialogue symbolism
- Non-naturalist theatre
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Spring Term
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Theatre History- Shakespeare
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- Romeo and Juliet (3)
- Macbeth (3)
- Set, lighting, sound, costume and makeup design
- Iambic pentameter
- Physical theatre
- Scripted dialogue symbolism
- Non-naturalist theatre
- Re-cap of key vocab
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Performance
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Slapstick Comedy |
- Development of own scenes.
- Aims and intentions of theatre
- Links to Commedia
- Slapstick comedy
- Mr Bean, Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy etc. Clips
- Movement of mine
- Rules of mime
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Summer Term
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Commedia Dell’arte
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- Theatre History- street theatre and the promenade
- Stock Characters/ stock movement of Pantelone, Arlecchino, Columbina, Il Doctoro, Zanni
- Application of Slapstick comedy lazzi’s to stock character archetypes
- Non-verbal communication
- Connection with audience
- Breaking the 4th wall
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Performance
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Matilda |
- Musical theatre cross curricular links with music
- Understanding of genre and style
- Dramatic adaptation
- Live theatre analysis
- Development of characterisation
- Singing, dancing, acting to develop a narrative
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House Competition: performance for year 6 transition days |