Welcome to the Drama at Thrybergh
The Department is located in the Expressive Arts building, which we share with the Music and Art Departments. We have a main hall with a customisable stage which also has a new state of the art lighting and sound systems.
We are also lucky to have a well-equipped drama studio and several stores which house our props and equipment.  The department is committed to providing extra curricular opportunities for all its students and performs two large-scale productions each academic year. Previous productions have included , Our Day Out, , and several pantomimes.
We encompass all types of teaching from individual work, through pair work, group work of various sizes to work with the whole class. Our work involves both teacher-led and pupil-led activities, work of a practical nature in an open space and written work through worksheets, diaries and essays.
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Lower School
Students in Key Stage 3 have a single lesson of Drama each week. These lessons take the form of prepared and sometimes spontaneous improvisation. The students are given a particular theme, topic or issue, or they may be given a specific object, location or sentence, on which to base their improvisation. In groups, the students formulate their own short plays; they are responsible for choosing plot, characterization, and development. The students enjoy these lessons enormously because they take ownership of the content and outcome of their improvisations. They are given a sense of ownership and responsibility, which they find enjoyable and fulfilling. As well as developing dramatic skills, students develop social interaction skills and confidence by working as part of a supportive team.
Units of Work in Lower School include:
Year 7
‘Tableaux’, ‘Thought-Tracking’, ‘Mime’, ‘Physical Theatre’, ‘Darkwood Manor’ or ‘The Haunted House’ (soundscape), ‘Goodnight Mr Tom’ (Roleplay, Hotseating, Writing in Role)
Year 8
‘Anne Frank’, ‘Melodrama’, ‘The Ballad of Charlotte Dymond’, ‘The Legend of Jan Reynolds’, ‘Working with a selection of texts’.
Year 9
‘Forum Theatre’, ‘Macbeth’, ‘Blood Brothers’, ‘Dan Nolan is Missing’, and ‘The Derek Bentley Case (Let Him Have it)’.
Year 10 and 11
Students opting for GCSE Drama will have 3 lessons each week and are given the opportunity to explore plays by influential dramatists; produce original and inventive performance work; and in participating in school trips will experience outside theatre groups and productions.
Units of Work in Key Stage 4 include:
Exploration of texts such as ‘Blood Brothers’ by Willy Russell, ‘Teachers’ by John Godber, ‘Bouncers’ by John Godber, ‘Shakers’ by John Godber, ‘Hard to Swallow’ by Mark Wheeler.
Exploration of social, historical and cultural events, such as the Hillsborough Disaster and Mental Illness.
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E. Montgomery - Head of Drama
