This is a top marks answer for Analysing and Evaluating Lighing and Colour in Blood Brothers.

This is a Powerpoint which has photos from the Set of Blood Brothers. The essay is a teacher written top marks answer for Section B of the Live Analysis and Evaluation question.

This is a top mark 15/ 15 response to Section B of the GCSE Drama Live Theatre question.

This is a resource for pupils to become independent learners and provides them with a focus for their lessons whilst devising.

This resource is a Powerpoint with over 20 pages of slides, notes and exemplar top mark answers for the Live Theatre questions in the exam. If your pupils have seen Blood Brothers and you want to support them in writing excellent responses in the exam this is a useful resource.

This is a lesson in which pupils work in 2s/3s working around the room to complete tasks on the main characters in the play. There is a worksheet provided in the lesson resource that can be printed out.

Afterlife is a play written for 6 performers and is a compelling, stylised and highly emotive piece of Drama. 6 people wake up in a room. They are strangers. As the play unfolds the characters realise they are related and connected to others in their previous lives. They are in limbo. There are two doors in the room. Through which door will they leave? The play deals with themes of homophobia, homosexuality, domestic abuse, bullying, teenage pregnancy and suicide. It has been performed as part of GCSE Edexcel Unit 3, gaining students the highest grades. It is also a great stimulus for devised/physical theatre work.

A detailed Knowledge Organiser exploring Motivation, Voice, Movement, Interaction, Key Terminology, Original Performance Conditions, Costume, Light etc

This is a response to the 15 mark question on the Eduqas Gcse Drama paper for Mark Wheeler’s Set Text. It is set out clearly for the main 4 elements required to include: Motivation Voice Movement Interaction It was not written by a pupil. It was written by the teacher as an exercise in what I would write if asked to sit the exam myself. Any feedback appreciated. I have answers for all 5 main characters to come!

76 Powerpoint Slides which will give pupils and teachers ideas and inspiration for the set and costume questions in the GCSE exam. There are guided questions as well as a range of past production photographs of the play which will enable pupils to see the play in a variety of ways.

This is a complete lesson exploring a poem: ‘Back in the Playground Blues’. The lesson was judged to be Outstanding!

This is a set of lesson materials to guide pupils through their work on the Stimulus material of men setting the world aflame by Igor Morski “System Failure.” A Brechtian approach has been adopted and the Powerpoint resource guides pupils to use a range of Brechtian approaches with further stimulus and advice for pupils and teachers. There are 43 slides covering at least 5 lessons of material to get pupils to use Brechtian techniques and methodologies when devising their work.

This is a set of detailed evaluative notes using lighting terminology and written in an evaluative style - perfect for Drama pupils preparing for the Live Review sections of their exam paper. Suitable for EDEXCEL, EDUQS, AQA examining boards.

Here is an essay which is top marks for the 10 mark question in the exam.

This is a response to the 15 mark - playing the role of Anna in two contrasting parts. It covers the 4 elements required from the question. Motivation Voice Movement Interaction It is not written by a pupil. It is written by myself. I wanted to go through the experience that pupils have to go through and answer the question myself. I welcome some feedback and hope it is helpful to your pupils.

This a set of lesson ideas to guide pupils and teachers through the Component 1 Devised task in response to the Beyonce quote “Power is not given to you. You have to take it.” and adopting a Theatre in Education approach as a genre. These Powerpoint slides have been created to structure your lessons and give pupils a clear indication of the genre and the directions they can go in.

This is a really useful Powerpoint taking students through a series of tasks to develop and hone their descriptive writing skills. Included in the resource is a S.H.E.E.T mind-map, focusing students to use all the senses - S (Smell), H Hands (Touch), E - (Eyes), E- (Ears), Tongue -(Taste). It is differentiated, progressive and contains stimulating visual and written stimuli - including a link to a rollercoaster experience (P.O.V) . It was used in a lesson observation and received excellent feedback.

This is a writing frame to equip Drama pupils to evaluate their work and contributions in class. D.I.R.T stands for Dedicated Independent Reflection Time.

This is a Skills Audit to give to a new GCSE Drama class to establish what they know and their knowledge base of Drama Conventions, Techniques.

These sheets can be completed in class or to set for homework.