When I get older OCR A2 Performance studies Techniques and terminology studied in

Techniques and terminology studied in this scheme will give students a solid base from which to progress onto a GCSE in drama

After a three-week introduction to the course with a crash course in theatre history and three sessions on Stanislavski

and there is often little transition period for students with the drama studies they encounter at secondary school

because its structure is interesting – the eponymous JJ looks back at the circumstances that led her to her present

When I get older OCR A2 Performance studies Techniques and terminology studied inI developed this scheme as a KS3 unit on age and status, after colleagues commented that whenever our students were asked to play an elderly character, the usual response was Have you got a walking stick I can borrow, Miss? followed by some enthusiastic and entirely unconvincing hobbling and groaning. At GCSE, it is important that students can understand age and status, and convey these aspects of a character without using stereotyped or pantomimic