DRAC - Curtain Call

Whether you are considering a career pathway in the performing arts; or any other professional field such as medicine, law, politics and business, then Drama is the ideal program to develop life-long skills such as:

• Adaptability, empathy, social awareness, critical thinking;

• Communication, listening skills, teamwork, leadership, resilience;

• Creative and innovative thinking, imagination, confidence, self-esteem, safe risk-taking.

What will I learn? 

In this course you will gain the skills needed to be a well-rounded performer and communicator. 

• You will develop your understanding, application and practice of the Drama techniques;

• You will learn how to use a script, analyse your performance and justify your work using subject specific literacy;

• There will be a number of performance and directing opportunities;

• The semester will end with a final Drama presentation in front of a live audience.
  
  

You may also participate in some of the following learning experiences:

• Script work and script performance;

• Performing in front of live audiences;

• Workshops led by professional leaders in the NZ theatre sector;

• Attend professional live theatre shows;

• Theoretical understanding and physical application of the Drama techniques and the Drama elements;

• Connecting with diverse people, ideas, cultures and history.