Drama (Year 9)

See Year 9s ‘Schedule of Learning’ for the 2025/26 academic year:

What will you study?

ABSTRACT THEATRE
‘Devised theatre’
Creating Movement- Stimulus- Puppetry- Object Manipulation- Landscapes

PRACTITIONER STUDY: STANISLAVSKI
‘The System’ ‘Naturalism’
Magic If- Given Circumstances-Units and Objectives- Emotion Memory- Tempo
Rhythm-Active Analysis- Discipline- Circles of Attention

PRACTITIONER STUDY: BRECHT
‘Epic Theatre’ ‘Communism’ ‘Political Theatre’
Verfremdungseffekt- Alienation – Direct Address- Spass- Didactics- Gestus-
Narration and Song

EXAM PREPARATION
‘Critical reflection’ ‘Analysis and Evaluation’
Script Analysis- application of practitioner style- reflection- justifications and
examples
MONOLOGUES
‘Individual performances’ ‘Page to Stage’
Units and Objectives- Super Objectives- Events- Style

Useful tips and resources

Attend a theatre performance
Read any of these texts (available in the Library):
Constantin Stanislavski- An Actor Prepares, Building a Character and Creating a
Role, Bella Merlin- The complete Stanislavski Toolkit, Bertolt Brecht- On Theatre
Steven Unwin- The Complete Brecht Toolkit, Frantic Assembly- Devising Theatre
Watch Live theatre on National Theatre on demand: At Home.