Teach your students the importance and how to successfully fit radio mics for a theatre production, how to set up, run and operate radio mics and the skills needed to work within the sound department (Sound No.2) This lesson includes the Accelerated Learning Cycle.

Teach your students an introduction into stage lighting and train them on the basic use of the ETC ION Lighting Desk. They can also practice their programming skills in real time as they listen to award-winning Lighting Designer Ken Billington direct his lighting team for the production of New York City Center Encores’ Me and My Girl. (Association of Lighting Designers) This lesson includes the Accelerated Learning Cycle.

Teach your students about the different types of scene breakdowns and how to successfully create a scene breakdown for a production and how to use excel to develop skills. This lesson includes the Accelerated Learning Cycle.

Did you enjoy the TV series The Traitors? Why not play the game in classroom? This is a great resource that is felxible and can be used for any topic or lesson. It also allows you to gauge student’s understanding of a topic or question (assessment), sparking intense debate, pushes them to dig deeper into their answers and critical analysis and discussions. The class are divided into groups, each player picks a card (Faithful or Traitor) meaning there is secret traitor(s) within each group. You can then pose a question to the class and the traitors role is to subtly mislead their group by providing incorrect answers. This resource has been cleverly designed and includes the rules themed presentation (to input your own questions) and traitor / faithful cards. (Cut the cards and fold in half- glue or laminate to hold together)

Lighting Early Finisher Activities . Use this collection of easy, yet purposeful early finisher activities to deal with early finishers in the classroom. Over 20 lighting design tasks to help to develop students’ knowledge and understanding, challenge students. They can even be used for revision and independent study.

Sound Early Finisher Activities . Use this collection of easy, yet purposeful early finisher activities to deal with early finishers in the classroom. Over 20 sound design tasks to help to develop students’ knowledge and understanding, challenge students. They can even be used for revision and independent study.

Theatre Company with roles explained. Talk Drama and technical theatre / production arts students through the roles needed within a Theatre and the roles and responsibilities needed for each person. This resource includes a full lesson presentation with worksheets for students to complete on each role as well as activities such as word searches, crosswords, quizes and Kahoots.

Based off Gibbs Reflective Cycle and Driscoll/ Borton’s Model of Reflection this lesson will teach students how to critically evaluate their practice with this Critical Thinking lesson. This lesson allows students to compare an example of a good reflective evaluation to a weak reflective evaluation and to construct an action plan using feedback to develop their work to become distinction level. This lesson is based around the BTEC Nationals Production Arts Practice (2019) grading criteria for Technical Theatre. However, can be adapted.

Teach your students all about Health & Safety and risks to look out for when working within Production Arts. This lesson covers; -PPE -COSHH -HAZARDS IN SET,AND PAINTSHOP -HAZARDS IN COSTUME -HAZARDS IN HAIR AND MAKEUP -HAZARDS IN TECHNICAL THEATRE -SAFE SYSTEMS OF WORK -MANUAL HANDLING -CONTROLLING RISKS

Teach your students how to reference information when submitting their coursework and how to avoid plagiarism.

Creative Arts - Theatre Career Posters. Encourage students to consider what exciting careers in the Creative Arts Theatre Industry the future may offer them. Use these eye-catching posters as part of a careers display in your classroom. This resource pack contains posters that showcase an array of careers including: Wigs, Hair Designer Make Up Designer Wigs, Hair & Make Up Artist Costume Designer -Costume Maker Pattern Cutter Wardrobe Assistants

Production Arts - Theatre Career Posters. Encourage students to consider what exciting careers in the Production Arts/ Theatre Industry the future may offer them. Use these eye-catching posters as part of a careers display in your classroom. This resource pack contains posters that showcase an array of careers including: Set Designer Theatre Carpenter Props Maker Projection Designer Puppet Designer / Maker

Technical Theatre Career Posters. Encourage students to consider what exciting careers in the Technical Theatre Industry the future may offer them. Use these eye-catching posters as part of a careers display in your classroom. This resource pack contains posters that showcase an array of careers including: Lighting Designer Lighting Technician Production Electrician Projection Designer Projection Technician Sound Designer Sound Engineer

Stage Management - Theatre Career Posters. Encourage students to consider what exciting careers in the Production & Stage Management Industry the future may offer them. Use these eye-catching posters as part of a careers display in your classroom. This resource pack contains posters that showcase an array of careers including: Production Manager Stage Manager Deputy Stage Manager (DSM) Assistant Stage Manager (ASM) Stage Crew Automation Technicians Fly Operators

Elements of Music - MAD TSHIRT Display T shirt display with breakdown for each element.

Teach students all about the different types of stage lighting and how they can be used with a lighting design. We also look at the different types of effects and equipment used within theatre and live events.

Technical Elements within Drama Looking at the emotions behind the different colours used in lighting and the different ways sound can impact a performance. I usually then give a live demonstration using lighting and sound effects and ask students to write down how each scene makes them feel.

An introduction into Live Sound. Take a look at the role of a sound designer and what skills they may need. We then look at the types of equipment they will work with and how that all connects together to create a PA System. I usually pair this up with the Health and Safety lesson and then get them to do a live set up where they will be assessed on what they have learnt.

The Control of Noise at Work Regulations and health and safety aspects of Live Sound within Live events and theatre. Teach students about the regulations in place and how control measures can help to prevent injury.