“I wanted to take the principle that it was not just a matter of interpreting the world, but of changing it and apply that to theatre”

– Bertolt Brecht

Our curriculum vision

The aim of Drama education at Harlington is to encourage, facilitate and support creativity and the use of the imagination.   Our students are supported to develop and present rationales for their creative decisions and demonstrate their understanding of the discipline through range of naturalistic and non-naturalistic modes.

They will begin to develop and apply a range of performance, creation and evaluative skills. We want them to learn through devising, script work, drama as a process and techniques through a spiral curriculum that builds on prior knowledge and develops more complex skills. Drama students learn to use their experiences and ideas and apply techniques from a range of Theatre and Drama practitioners. By using the techniques of practitioners like Brecht, Stanislavski, Berkoff, Meyerhold and Artaud they begin to develop their own performance style. Drama develops thinking, speaking and listening, reading and writing and critical analysis through emotional and imaginative engagement.

A level Drama and Theatre

Following GCSE study in Drama, students beginning A level Drama and Theatre develop their understanding drama and theatre in context. The course provides a balance of learning activities, combining the exploration and performance of plays, creating plays, analysis of theatre and the critical evaluation of all these elements.  Students completing the course successfully will have a thorough understanding of drama and theatre, highly developed analytical and creative skills and an ability to communicate effectively with others.

Students will work in a variety of ways and encounter numerous enrichment experiences.

• Creating collaboratively from dramatic stimulus
• Engaging in creating original work
• Theatre trips
• Historical visits such as the Globe Theatre
• Dramatic performances (individual, pair and group)
• Textual analysis
• Peer Direction
• Research

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