Drama
Performance is the essence of life itself.
Theatre can act as pure, joyous entertainment, social commentary or social reform: it is a powerful life creative medium that cannot be forgotten easily.
The emotional connection is not tangible but resides in the shared experience between two human beings in one space. As an actor, we step into the shoes of the breadth of humanity, and live their experience in the moment.
Like all of the Arts, upon entering the stage, actors leave themselves exposed to very personal criticism that requires then to develop resilience, courage and conviction. Throughout their years of study students develop and hone skills from devising, performing and writing scripted work. Future work is influenced by practitioners and existing performance pieces; which are analysed and evaluated to assist with performance genre, style and understanding.
About the Department
The vision of the department is to engage and stimulate our students as well as providing an understanding of how drama can be used to inspire, provoke and entertain. We aim to teach students to use their experience in drama lessons to increase their confidence and self-esteem, their ability to communicate clearly as well as learning explicit drama skills.
All Drama lessons are taught in a purpose built, fully equipped studio, which incorporates staging, blackout facilities and a full lighting and sound system. The studio opens onto the main Academy hall, where there is access to a full seating bank which can be used in both lesson time and for Academy productions.
We believe that it is important for students to have an authentic learning experience in Drama where they are able to use professional equipment and perform in a real theatre space.
Progression from studying Drama
From studying Performing Arts at KS4, you can go on to study Drama and Theatre Studies A-Level or a BTEC Level 3 in Performing Arts. This can lead to studying all sorts of subjects at University or onto exciting drama based apprenticeships. For example:
- Technician;
- Community Arts officer;
- Sales person.
Check out the range of apprenticeships here for which you need good drama skills or take a look at some more information about drama based degrees here.
Studying drama can lead you to study a wide variety of subjects at University. Such as:
- Acting;
- English;
- Applied Theatre;
- Creative Writing;
- Film and television production;
- Acting for Film.
Have a look at the UCAS website to see how many different combinations you can do.