What is Drama & Theatre?
This course is for those who would enjoy working hard with other people on all aspects of stage performance and production. It is for those who love to practise until they achieve their very best. The course explores how scripts are turned into performance, how plays reflect the culture that produces them and how actors, designers and technicians prepare and achieve the effects the audience experiences.
Course content summary:
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Theatre Workshop
Practical Examination & coursework
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Text in Action
Practical Examination & coursework
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Text in Performance
Written Examination
What sort of student do i need to be?
Live theatre experience is crucial throughout this course so a requirement would be to attend theatre trips arranged by the department, but also actively seek out independent visits. This is vital in the development of your practical and analytical skills.
What can I do after Xaverian?
In addition to current and previous Xaverian students performing with theatre companies regionally and nationally, many students have gone on to study Drama or related courses at university and at Drama schools such as RADA, East 15 and Central. Some have found success as actors or behind the scenes. Others have found it an excellent way to develop confidence and to improve their skills in communication and organisation for a wide variety of degrees and for careers such as running their own businesses, teaching, nursing, film directing, advertising etc.
Extra Drama
In addition to the Drama syllabus, Xaverian offers numerous extra-curricular productions and several theatre visits.
Recent college productions have included Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard, Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream and Titus Andronicus, an adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, D.N.A., The 39 Steps, Frankenstein, The Canterbury Tales, Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Two by Jim Cartwright, Antigone by Sophocles, John Godber’s Bouncers and Shakers and One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Dale Wasserman.
What sort of student do i need to be?
Live theatre experience is crucial throughout this course so a requirement would be to attend theatre trips arranged by the department, but also actively seek out independent visits. This is vital in the development of your practical and analytical skills.
What can I do after Xaverian?
In addition to current and previous Xaverian students performing with theatre companies regionally and nationally, many students have gone on to study Drama or related courses at university and at Drama schools such as RADA, East 15 and Central. Some have found success as actors or behind the scenes. Others have found it an excellent way to develop confidence and to improve their skills in communication and organisation for a wide variety of degrees and for careers such as running their own businesses, teaching, nursing, film directing, advertising etc.
Extra Drama
In addition to the Drama syllabus, Xaverian offers numerous extra-curricular productions and several theatre visits.
Recent college productions have included Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard, Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream and Titus Andronicus, an adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, D.N.A., The 39 Steps, Frankenstein, The Canterbury Tales, Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Two by Jim Cartwright, Antigone by Sophocles, John Godber’s Bouncers and Shakers and One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Dale Wasserman.