Responding to 20th Century plays: Billy Elliot Musicals offering a practical approach to

offering a practical approach to the play and the key scenes for 2007

they watch it endlessly on TV and at the cinema

The idea of going to ‘hear’ a play as in Shakespeare’s day is long behind us – we go to ‘see’ a play and we want to see something special

is a mini ‘practical performance proposal’ or ‘PPP’

Every element of its design works together as a unified whole

Responding to 20th Century plays: Billy Elliot Musicals offering a practical approach toThis scheme of 21 lessons lasts approximately six weeks in core subject lessons. Introduced in our school this year, the module grew from a realisation among staff that our Key Stage 3 students had very little experience of engaging with a full length piece of drama, and yet at Key Stage 4 they would be expected not only to grapple with challenging texts, such as The Crucible or An Inspector Calls, but also to appreciate their social contexts. Our