Introduce your students to the fabulous story of Macbeth resulting in a whole class performance of the play in 20 minutes! Various activities and games to introduce characters and themes are included including Whoosh! and freeze frames. A synopsis of the story and the story broken into scenes are included to be allocated to small groups to dramatise in their own way to join together for an end class performance. A list of connected tasks is also included for use as homeworks or if working in a classroom. Characterisation Movement Dialogue Narration Style

This complete scheme of work uses three different stimuli to inspire students to devise drama based on the theme of ‘Captives’. The scheme which would last between 6 and 8 lessons depending on length includes opportunities for discussion, exploration, devising, rehearsing, performance and evaluation. Connected warm-ups and exercises are included and tasks range from pair, trio and group work sizes. The tasks incorporate a huge range of drama techniques such as: Still Image Thought Tracking Cross cutting Movement Space Levels Voice Music Flash back There is also a slide of some images to provoke discussion and a sheet of suggested written tasks to help the students record their exploration.

This complete unit of work explores the play and style of Poor Theatre through various practical activities. Although written a while ago the themes and contexts are very relevant today about how society treats people who are ‘different’ and how an autistic child sees the world. Skills included over several lesson are: Vocal awareness Physicalisation Language Characterisation Interpretation Non-verbal communication Visual, aural and spatial aspects Context

This scheme of work explores the play based on the much loved book by David Almond. It includes connected games and warm ups and group tasks using choral work, movement and vocal skills to explore plot, characters and themes. Tasks are linked to the text and off-text work and use many dramatic techniques. Questions are suggested for evaluation after each task and the scheme lasts four to five lessons depending on their length.

This three lesson unit introduces the students to Antonin Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty. Connected warm-ups are included leading to a group devised piece using fairytales as a stimulus to create a piece in this style incorporating the key features. Style Form Characterisation Narration Use of sound Use of movement Use of gesture

This unit encourages students to think about what a stage set can depict to an audience and how it can also be used as a stimulus. The students will enter the space to a pre-set stage set and have to make decisions on where it is, who it might involve, what has happened and what might happen next. Era Location Characters Plot Suspense/tension

This unit encourages the students to explore different characters, situation, locations and how characters react with each other. Inspired by ‘The Breakfast Club’ , narrative and dialogue can be created when characters are thrown together as strangers. How they react, interact and speak to one another. Preconceived ideas, and qualities they can pretend to have to people who don’t know them. Hot seating Thought tracking Role play Characterisation Back story Journey of a character

This complete scheme of work explores Berkoff’s ‘Agamemnon’ through a variety of practical tasks. Berkoff’s style is used to introduce students to this practitioner and how he has modernised the ancient Greek story. Design aspects are encouraged too to support the practical exploration. An intense, physical scheme of work. Please also see my scheme of work on Berkoff’s .Metamorphosis’. Skills included over eight 100 minute session are: Vocal awareness Physicalisation Language Characterisation Interpretation Non-verbal communication Visual, aural and spatial aspects Context

This scheme of work explores Lorca’s ‘Blood Wedding’ through a comprehensive list of tasks. These include tasks to look at voice, movement, space, choral work, characterisation, plot and sub plot. Also applying the concepts of Brecht and Stanislavski to enhance the students’ knowledge and understanding. Lorca’s beautiful, poetic language is incorporated alongside folklore and the Andalusian landscape with heaps of imagery to experiment with. Skills included over many sessions are: Vocal awareness Physicalisation Language Characterisation Interpretation Non-verbal communication Visual, aural and spatial aspects Context

An introduction to the concept of mirroring using movement. This distinguishes the difference between copying and mirroring and encourages pair work. A good ice breaker for a one off lesson with a new class as no dialogue is required. Concentration Focus Timing Clarity of movement Speed Shape Size Co-ordination Response to music

This scheme of work will help your students develop their vocal skills to improve performance work through a range of exercises and tasks. Breathing Volume Pitch Diction Use of pause

This powerpoint guides the students into understanding what a Still Image is and how it differs from a freeze-frame. It includes warm-up activities and practical tasks to enable the students to understand how to create effective Still Images and the key features. Events and then emotions are used with the chance to use music and lighting and explore the idea of transitions to build up to create Image Theatre. A valuable technique to learn that can enhance future drama work.

This powerpoint leads the students through the story of Pandora’s Box, its themes and characters. They then use the story to dramatise a narrative thinking about how to distinguish between the characters of Gods and Mortals and how to personify the things that emerge from the box allowing scope for physical theatre/dance/music and creating their own dialogue. A synopsis of the story and a sheet of the main points for the students are included. Could lead on to exploring Greek Theatre.

A collection of games and exercises aimed at older students. These act as good ice breakers at the start of term and also encourage confidence and more challenging aspects to develop their skills.Each is fully explained with some examples and some extension work where appropriate.

This bundle includes 6 handouts for your students to help them understand the differences in dramatic styles and the key features that they consist of. Included are: Absurdism Agit-prop Brecht Comedy Commedia Dell Arte Style sheet (short definitions of various styles) Theatre of Cruelty (Artaud)

This unit of work uses paintings as a stimulus to create effective drama. This four lesson scheme of work includes warm-ups and practical activities to inspire the creation of character, plot and dialogue. THree paintings are included in the powerpoint to allow the students to create a three scene piece of drama: before the painting, the actual painting and after the painting. Movement and music could also be added to enhance the drama. The paintings I have used are: ‘Nighthawks’ by Edward Hopper ‘The Fight Between Carnival and Lent’ by Pieter Bruegel the Elder ‘First Class’ by LS Lowry But this unit would work with many others of your own choice.

This 5 page scheme of work will help to develop the students’ acting techniques. It includes connected games and warm-ups to explore character work and acting and then has a number of tasks using the theories of Stanislavski and Brecht to put what they have explored into practice.

This scheme of work will help develop your students’ physical skills through a number of warm-ups, exercises and tasks. It will help build their confidence to explore different ways of moving, support characterisation and help to execute physical theatre effectively and their understanding of companies like Frantic Assembly.

This workshop includes Whooshing the story for students not familiar with the plot. Connected warm-ups are included and then Still Images/Tableaux to explore themes of the play. The students can then create scenes from the play which can then be joined together to create a whole class performance of the play. A synopsis of the play and the play broken down into twelve simple sections are included along with instructions to deliver the workshop. Suitable for y6 and upwards as can be differentiated accordingly.

This powerpoint will introduce students to the technique of thought-tracking. As they understand the key features of successful thought-tracking, the unit then moves on the thought-tunnel and conscience-alley. 3 practical tasks to give them the confidence to use these skills in their own drama work to enhance plot and characterisation.