Making drama from the weird and wonderful Skills/technique Individual character work

Individual character work

For the students to learn and apply mask work techniques and to use them within a performance

Lesson 3: Give it some verbals

will have created confrontational physical theatre that places great emphasis on the actor’s body being a tool for use

To challenge the actions of characters in the story they believe have acted wrongly

Making drama from the weird and wonderful Skills/technique Individual character workTeenage students often like the dark side, some sci fi, mysteries, the unsolved unknown, eccentric, horrors and the bizarre. The off beat and unusual frequently inspire their drama, without necessarily turning to comedy. This scheme is built around the dramatic possibilities of these themes with emphasis on drama skills and characterisation. Six lessons use the terminology of Edexcel GCSE Drama Units 1 and 2, but are applicable to other specifications