pptx, 35.84 MB
pptx, 35.84 MB

A huge student booklet with 80 pages, covering the Live Theatre Review unit, using National Theatre’s Small Island (Drama Online Library)
This comprehensive booklet enables students to keep all of their knowledge and revision in one place.

The unit guides them through how to write a live theatre review using Small Island as an example production:

  • The basics: Play, venue, cast & creative team
  • Plot and Structure
  • Key scenes
  • Social, historical, cultural context
  • Analysing meaning - basic observations and what meaning is being shown
  • Opening scene
  • Practice writing - structuring paragraphs using What, How & Why.
  • Detailed analysis of act one with acting focus = main character sheets for character analysis, acting questions
  • Introduction to impact on audience What, How, Why & Justify
  • Introduction to section B exam questions - how to interpret them & the basics of how to structure a drama essay style answer with introductions and conclusions.
  • First full exam question on Act One.
  • Study of conventions in the play
  • Review of knowledge of acting
  • Analysis of act two with design focus, set, costume, lighting and sound
  • Answering design questions = practice writing
  • Review of knowledge of design
  • Themes of the play
  • How directorial and designer choices highlight themes
  • Genre and Style
  • Artistic intention

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