It has been an exciting term so far in Drama. All classes are enjoying their current topics, and are showing exceptional creativity in all aspects of the course. 

Students in Year 9 Drama have started strong in their Stage 5 elective. They have been studying the Elements of Drama, and what it means to engage an audience. Currently they have started working on ‘Melodrama’, which is challenging them to exaggerate movement, and experiment with stock characters such as the villain, hero and damsel. They are having so much fun with this, and their performance will be one to remember.

Year 10 Drama students are studying a topic called ‘Modernising Shakespeare’, where they must recontextualise a Shakespeare performance, and create a Costume or Set design to bring their production to life. In class they are experimenting with different materials before deciding on their final project. Watch this space!

Year 12 Drama students are balancing their studies between their current topic ‘Approaches to Acting’, and their major work, their ‘Individual Project’. Our course work currently is exploring the methods of actor training, and how they impact the performance process. The students are devising some incredibly engaging performances, utilising their learnt techniques to refine their dramatic meaning.

We are continually proud here at Magdalene of how our Drama students continue to develop their creativity!

Mrs Ashlee Marino

Drama Teacher