Year 7
Tableaux and Thought-Tracking, Non-naturalism, Exploration of an issue: prejudice, Voice-work, Narrative story-telling, Role-play.
Year 8
Stage-fighting, Commedia dell'Arte, Melodrama, Silent Comedy, Spontaneous Improvisation.
Year 9
Stanislavski and naturalism, John Godber and physical theatre, Peter Brook and eclectic drama.
GCSE Drama at St Ivo is examined by OCR. The course consists of a year of learning skills and exam techniques followed by a year of internally assessed controlled conditions exam periods followed by an externally assessed exam. The exam board specification and other documentation can be accessed here.
A Level Drama at St Ivo is examined by AQA. The course consists of the study of two texts at AS in the autumn term followed by a January externally assessed exam. Then a period of rehearsal and direction of a published play followed by a performance and written evaluation of process which is externally assessed. At A2 level the pattern is repeated with two texts studied followed by a January externally asssessed exam. Then there is a period of devising, rehearsing and evaluating the process of drama followed by a performance which is externally assessed. The exam board specification and other documentation can be accessed here.