Download or read book GCSE Drama Live Theatre Evaluation written by Annie Fox and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical, hands-on resource to help students tackle the Live Theatre Evaluation aspect of their Drama GCSE. // Covers the different elements of theatre performance and the Evaluation requirements from each awarding body // Includes advice on how to prepare before viewing a performance // Provides guidance on analysing and evaluating acting, sets, costume, lighting and sound // Support for developing writing skills such as expressing and ordering ideas, plan making and common problems // Contains sample practice questions // Suitable for AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Drama specifications
Download or read book Approaching Empty written by Ishy Din and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-09 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget friendship! This is business. In a scruffy minicab office, Mansha decides it's time to create his own destiny and offers to buy the business from his lifelong friend Raf. As the realities of the state of the company slowly come to light, these two best friends must confront the difficulties of going into business with those closest to them. Set in the north of England, in the aftermath of Margaret Thatcher's death, this compelling drama by award-winning playwright Ishy Din lays bare the everyday struggles of a post-industrial generation of British men.
Download or read book WJEC Eduqas GCSE Drama Study Revision Guide written by Rachel Knightley and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by an experienced drama teacher, this practical Study & Revision Guide provides essential guidance for the non-examined assessment components of the course as well as for the written exam. // Separate sections are included for Devising Theatre, Performing from a Text and Interpreting Theatre components, helping you successfully complete your coursework and develop your exam skills. // Covers key theatre practitioners with clear information on Brecht, Stanislavski, Mitchell, Berkoff and Rice. //All WJEC and Eduqas set texts are covered with summary notes and activities. // Performance and design options are covered. // 'For your Portfolio' helps you build the evidence you need for the Devising Theatre portfolio - rehearsal notes, mind maps and annotated scripts. // 'Assessment Objectives' show you which elements of the assessment criteria you are working towards. // 'Tips' for each topic provide hints and advice to produce successful work. // Numerous stage sketches and production photographs help visualise the practical elements of theatre.
Download or read book WJEC Eduqas GCSE Drama written by Garry Nicholas and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by an experienced senior examiner and teacher, and endorsed by WJEC/Eduqas, this vibrant student book provides invaluable support in an accessible and engaging style for all three components of the new specification, including: All aspects of devising and performing and on rehearsal techniques. / Creating a portfolio of supporting evidence and on choosing suitable extracts from a text. / Evaluating and helping improve students' own devised performance. / Understanding key theatre practitioners and genres, with suggested practical activities / Focused introductions to the set plays. / Support and advice for technical students who choose set, lighting or sound design.
Download or read book AQA A Level Drama Play Guide Antigone written by Annie Fox and published by Illuminate Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Play Guide is specifically written for A Level students who are studying Antigone as part of the AQA A Level Drama & Theatre specification. It provides structured support for Component 1: Section A - Drama and theatre. / This book is divided into three sections: How to explore a text for A level Drama and Theatre, with vocabulary-building sections on acting, directing and design; An extended exploration of the play to enrich students' understanding and response to the text; Targeted examination preparation to improve writing and test-taking skills. / Fully supports the written examination and helps students develop their key knowledge and understanding of key A Level drama & theatre skills. / Knowledge and understanding of the play are developed with a synopsis, character and scene studies, contextual and practical exploration. / Includes a wide range of practical drama tasks, activities, and research and revision exercises. / Advice on how to interpret and prepare for exam questions with examples of effective responses.
Download or read book WJEC Eduqas GCSE Drama Designing Drama written by Sue Shewring and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Student Book provides comprehensive support for the design route through the WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Drama specification, covering all lighting, sound, set and costume options // The clear and accessible layout will help you engage with and fully understand key design ideas and information. // Written by an experienced author and drama teacher in collaboration with expert consultants working professionally in each of the design areas. // Includes a variety of features including Assessment Checks, Tasks and Design Tips, with key terminology identified and defined throughout. // Numerous diagrams, sketches, plans and photographs help you visualise the practical elements of being a drama designer. // Provides a range of practice questions with exemplar answers and extensive advice on exam preparation.
Download or read book Edexcel GCSE Drama Study Guide written by Rhinegold Education, and published by Rhinegold Education. This book was released on 2016-09-09 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Noughts and Crosses Play Guide for AQA GCSE Drama written by Annie Fox and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Play Guide is specifically written for students studying Malorie Blackman's Noughts & Crosses, as adapted by Dominic Cooke, as a set play text for the AQA GCSE Drama specification. // It fully supports the written examination and helps you develop your key knowledge and understanding of the set play. // It provides structured support for the three Sections that are all part of Component 1 Understanding Drama in the specification: Section A Theatre Roles and Responsibilities, Section B Study of a Set Play, Section C Understanding Drama - Live Theatre Production. // Knowledge and understanding are developed alongside the key drama skills through a range of practical ideas and activities, tasks and exercises. // It includes a dedicated section on how to improve exam and writing skills with a number of practice exam-style questions. //
Download or read book DNA written by Dennis Kelly and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new Student Edition of Dennis Kelly's popular play DNA contains introductory commentary and notes by Clare Finburgh Delijani, which gives an in-depth analysis of the play's context and themes. As well as the complete text of the play, this new Methuen Drama Student Edition includes: · An introduction to the playwright and social context of the play · Discussion of the context, themes, characters and dramatic form · Overview of staging and performance history of the play · Bibliography of suggested primary and secondary materials for further study. Dennis Kelly's play DNA centres on friendship, morality and responsibility in odd circumstances. When a group of young friends are faced with a terrible accident, they deliberately make the wrong choices to cover it up and find themselves in an unusually binding friendship where no one will own up to what they've done.
Download or read book School Play written by Suzy Almond and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2001-06-20 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen-year-old Charlie has serious ambitions - to mess with teachers' heads, to front a gang, to ride the motorbike that blows all competition out of the water. But when the new music teacher, Miss Fry, arrives, things start to change.
Download or read book Blood Brothers written by Willy Russell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-22 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Liverpudlian West Side Story, Blood Brothers is the story of twin brothers separated at birth because their mother cannot afford to keep them both. One of them is given away to wealthy Mrs Lyons and they grow up as friends in ignorance of their fraternity until the inevitable quarrel unleashes a blood-bath. Blood Brothers was first performed at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1983 and subsequently transferred to the Lyric Theatre, London. It was revived in the West End in 1988 for a long-running production and opened on Broadway in 1993.
Download or read book AQA A Level Drama Play Guide Hedda Gabler written by Annie Fox and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-25 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Play Guide is specifically written for A Level students who are studying Hedda Gabler as part of the AQA A Level Drama & Theatre specification. It provides structured support for Component 1: Section A - Drama and theatre. / This book is divided into three sections: How to explore a text for A level Drama and Theatre, with vocabulary-building sections on acting, directing and design; An extended exploration of the play to enrich students' understanding and response to the text; Targeted examination preparation to improve writing and test-taking skills. / Fully supports the written examination and helps students develop their key knowledge and understanding of key A Level drama & theatre skills. / Knowledge and understanding of the play are developed with a synopsis, character and scene studies, contextual and practical exploration. / Includes a wide range of practical drama tasks, activities, and research and revision exercises. / Advice on how to interpret and prepare for exam questions with examples of effective responses.
Download or read book Hard to Swallow written by Mark Wheeller and published by Ten Alps Communicate. This book was released on with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hard To Swallow has become a much used play in schools across the globe. This play, an adaptation of Maureen Dunbar’s award winning book and film “Catherine”, charts her daughter’s uneven battle with anorexia and the family’s difficulties in coping with it all. “This play reaches moments of almost unbearable intensity… naturalistic scenes flow seamlessly into sequences of highly stylised theatre… such potent theatre!” Vera Lustig, The Independent “HARD TO SWALLOW uses simple narrative and a series of stylised visual tableaux to build a powerful and sometimes harrowing chronicle of Catherine’s long and ultimately unsuccessful fight against anorexia nervosa... uncompromising and sensitive... its ability to raise our awareness of a condition about which we remain woefully ignorant defines it as an important piece of work... it should be compulsory viewing for anyone connected with the education of teenagers.” Mick Martin: Times Educational Supplement
Download or read book Edexcel GCSE 9 1 Drama Designing Drama written by Sue Shewring and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Endorsed by Edexcel, this Student Book supports you through the GCSE Drama design options of costume, lighting, set and sound design. / The clear and accessible layout will help you engage with and fully undersatnd key design ideas and information. / Written by an experienced author and drama teacher in collaboration with expert consultants working professionally in each of the design areas. / Separate chapters for each of the four design elements give a solid foundation on which to develop the required exam skills. / Numerous diagrams, sketches, plans and photographs help you visualise the practical elements of being a drama designer. / Provides a range of practice questions with exemplar answers and extensive advice on exam preparation.
Download or read book Sparkleshark written by Philip Ridley and published by Samuel French , Limited. This book was released on 1997 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The play opens with fourteen-year-old Jake taking refuge on the roof of a tower block in order to write his stories. He is joined by eight other teens, natural stereotypes that schools tend to produce. They start to bully Jake but he learns to fight back using his storytelling as a weapon.
Download or read book 200 Plays for GCSE and A Level Performance written by Jason Hanlan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do I choose a play to perform with my students that meets the curriculum requirements and also interests my class? What can I introduce my students to that they might not already know? If you're asking these questions, this is the book for you! Written specifically for drama teachers, this is a quick, easy-to-use guide to finding and staging the best performance material for the whole range of student abilities and requirements for 15 - 18-year-olds. It suggests 200 plays suitable for students of all abilities and requirements, providing sound advice on selection and realisation, and opening up plays and playwrights you may have never known existed. Structured in 2 parts, Part 1 consists of 8 easy-to-read chapters, explaining how to get the most out of the resource. Part 2 is a vast resource listing 200 plays suitable for study/performance at GCSE and A Level. The details of each play are set out in an easy-to-navigate chart that offers introductory information on: Play Playwright Casting numbers Gender splits Ability Genre description Brief Summary Exam level Workshop ideas Warnings/advice (where necessary) Suggested scenes for study Performance notes including lighting, sound, costume and space
Download or read book Theatre for Children written by David Wood and published by Ivan R. Dee. This book was released on 1999-03-15 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the world's leading children's dramatists provides a practical handbook of the skills involved in entertaining and involving audiences of children. A marvelous contribution to the world of Youth Theater...a must. —Robyn Flatt, Dallas Children's Theater. He has often been called the National Playwright for Children and he deserves it. —Cameron Mackintosh
