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Theater Grade 7 Course

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Mr Gareth Huxtable

  • BA HONS Theater Studies and Dramatic Arts from the University of Warwick
  • PGCE Specialist Drama and Theater Teacher
  • Third year at AISC
  • 17 Years experience teaching Drama and Theatre in the UK and Thailand.
  • Last teaching for 7 years at the International School Bangkok

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What is Theater at AISC?

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Theatre Class is not an acting course

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Activities in Drama

  • Warm up Games
  • Concentration exercises
  • Vocal and physical skill exercises
  • Individual, pair, group and whole class drama
  • Devising plays and working from scripted texts
  • Design (lights,sound,set, costume)

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These Activities will enable students to:�

  • Speaking more clearly when presenting work
  • Structuring Drama
  • Giving ideas and listening to the ideas of others
  • Concentration
  • Empathy / Sustaining character
  • Inquiry, problem solving and creativity
  • Teamwork skills and positive attitude.

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Theatre class supports the school’s mission statement

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Courage

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Compassion

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Confidence

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Creativity

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The course is designed to be fun and give the students the confidence to get up in front of each other and try out new ideas.

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As a result they should gain more confidence in their creativity and public speaking ability.

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We shall be studying this year….

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Improvisation skills and building a happy group

Script Writing and Directing�Performing for Elementary School�Theater for change�Shakespeare, sword fighting choreography and voice�Script writing and Design Skills�Physical theatre and masks�The class performance��

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Assessments

Students are assessed on

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  • How they work together to create theatre
  • How they perform the theatre
  • How they critically respond to the pieces of theatre they see and create.

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Black Theatre Clothes for Assessment classes

Only required for Assessment

classes

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In normal classes, comfortable

clothes are fine

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No Skirts

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Last year’s Middle School Theater Production

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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A History of the Universe in 77 Minutes

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Auditions for the MS Theatre Production

  • Auditions take place in October after WWW
  • Rehearsals will start November.
  • For students make the cast, rehearsals will take place on Monday, Thursday and Fridays
  • Performance in April 10th 11th

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Theatre Trips this year

  • ISTA – Bangkok Theatre Festival in February 2018 1st to 5th Bangkok Pattana School

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ASIAC Theatre Festival – This year we are hosting in March 9th 10th 2018��

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You can contact me any time on hgareth@aischennai.org��Or through Powerschool