Drama 16 October 2012

Drama with Rachel Maddix

We started off the lesson in the library getting research for our assessment week task. Our task was to research 2 theatre companies and also write about why drama for young children is crucial for development. I chose to research about Polka childrens theatre and Unicorn childrens theatre. We had to look up their artistic policy and some background information about when they started, why they started and how far they have come. Also we looked up what sort of things they offer for young children and what performances they put on. Then in the second half of the lesson we were back in the drama studio and we had an hour to write up about what we had found. After we had finished the assessment we then spoke as a class about roles in the 'Snow Queen', we decided Lizzie would be the Snow Queen, Beth would be Gerda, Joe would be Kai, Max would be the Crow etc. I was chosen to be the Snow Queens minion and also one of the robbers. After we had decided on characters we had a short time to devise a few scenes with eachother. We managed to make a strong start on the robbers scene.