Length: Single Semester or Full Year
Contact: Arts Leader

Recommended Background
No prerequisites.

Course Description
This course links the study of the elements of Drama and the style of a particular exponent or theorist in drama to a text which will be performed by the students in the style they have been studying.

Semester 1: Theatrical Focus: Epic theatre. Students engage in unfamiliar contexts and theatrical devices designed to challenge audiences and artists.

Semester 2: Theatrical Focus: Contemporary Australian Drama. Students engage in a familiar context and develop understanding of complex nature of Australian societal issues through analysis and performance.

Assessment
This information applies to each semester.

Year 10 Students are assessed according to The Arts Achievement Standards outlined in the Australian Curriculum, with A-E Grades used for reporting.

Assessment types comprise:

• Live Public Drama Performance/s and evaluation of the student’s learning journey: Performance assessment includes improvisation, workshopping, rehearsal and final live public performance. 
• Response/ Review: In response to watching a live or televised performance of a play, students create a written response/review relating to the style and performance of the play.
• Portfolio: Research and creative ideas for a creative or technical role concerned with the play being studied.
This may involve students studying a practitioner such as Enoch Wesley or Brecht or a style of performance such as Epic Theatre, Storytelling, and Boal Street Theatre.

Leads To

Stage 1 Drama