Drama Scope and Sequence
Year
ATL / Study Skills
Group
Masks
M1

Communication:
choose and apply
different,
appropriate forms
of expression to suit
the context
Misc-en-Scene
 Organisation: Break
down large projects
into smaller,
achievable tasks
Year
ATL / Study Skills
Group
Bunraku
M2

Collaborative Skills:
work together to
achieve goals
Theatre
Sports/Improvisation
 Problem Solving &
Thinking Skills:
Generate
alternative solutions
to problems
Subject Specific
Knowledge / Skills
AOI Focus /
Links to TOK
Masks
 Mask performance skills
 Developing &
communicating character
 Using props for effect
Masks
Health & Social
Education
Misc-en-Scene
 Freeze-frame
 Thoughts Aloud
 Mantle of the Expert
 Split-scene
 Effective methods of
moving forward through
time & space
Misc-en-Scene
Human Ingenuity
Subject Specific
Knowledge / Skills
AOI Focus /
Links to TOK
Bunraku
 Puppet building
 Bunraku conventions e.g.
telling a story, with music,
in an interesting way,
coordinating sound effects
and scripts with puppet
movements
 Positioning on stage
 Manipulation of a ¾ size
puppet
Bunraku
Community & Service
Theatre Sports/Improvisation
 Positioning
 Using the environment to
help with improvisation
 ‘Reading’ fellow performers
& fast thinking
 Maintaining a high level of
Theatre
Sports/Improvisation
Environment
Drama Scope and Sequence
alertness
Year
ATL / Study Skills
Group
Ensemble
M3

Reflection – Self
assessment against
criteria
Page to Stage
 Collaborative Skills:
working together to
achieve goals
Year
ATL / Study Skills
Group
Foundation Unit
M4

Collaboration:
working in groups,
accepting others
Children’s Theatre
 Organisation:
identifying various
methods and
processes to
Subject Specific
Knowledge / Skills
AOI Focus /
Links to TOK
Ensemble
 Working successfully as an
ensemble
Ensemble
Health & Social
Education

Devising from a stimulus

Greek Theatre, chorus
conventions

Soundscape

Symbolism

Thought Tunnel
Page to Stage
 Production tasks
 Directing
 Performance skills;
application of Stanislavski’s,
‘Method’ taught through
teacher-led workshops
Page to Stage
Human Ingenuity
Subject Specific
Knowledge / Skills
AOI Focus /
Links to TOK
Foundation Unit
 Stanislavski Methods
 Application of Stan theory
to published script
 Justifying production
elements against artistic
intention
Foundation Unit
Community & Service
Children’s Theatre
 Storytelling & ‘Total
Theatre’
 Using our bodies to make a
Children’s Theatre
Community & Service
Drama Scope and Sequence
complete a project


story more interesting
Applying Music to on-stage
action in order to create
atmosphere
Tailoring a piece of theatre
to a specific audience
demographic
Devising
Human Ingenuity
Devising
 Thinking: Synthesize
ideas to create new
ones
Devising
 Exploring the process of
creation, using ‘Kneehigh
Theatre Company’ work
 Performance Concept
 Production skills e.g.
lighting, set, costume
 Justifying and articulating
artistic intention
Verbatim Theatre
Thinking: Consider issues
from a variety of viewpoints
Verbatim Theatre
 Verbatim Theatre
conventions & techniques
 Structuring of devised work;
applying Verbatim
techniques
 Articulating artistic
intentions & justifying
choices against them
Verbatim Theatre
Health & Social
Education
Subject Specific
Knowledge / Skills
AOI Focus /
Links to TOK
Melodrama
Melodrama
Health & Social
Education
Year
ATL / Study Skills
Group
Melodrama
M5


Reflection: using
different techniques
to increase the depth
of reflection
The Happenings
 Communication:
working with different
art mediums to try to
communicate to an
audience
Melodrama
Applying the conventions of
‘Melodrama to the devising
process
The Happenings
 Performance Art
 Installation performance
 Actor/audience relationships
The Happenings
Environment
Drama Scope and Sequence
Design Unit

Thinking: Generate
new, creative ideas

Theatre of the Absurd

Application of theatrical
conventions on design

Analysing production elements
Brecht
Brecht

Design Unit
Thinking: using
performance
objectively
Design Unit
Environment
Brecht

Theatre as a tool for change

Epic theatre techniques
Community & Service