As part of a busy two weeks for the Secondary Performing Arts department, the B604 Theatre ‘Black Box’ classroom stage featured performances from Year 7, 8, and 9 Theatre students.
Year 7S Theatre:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Shakespeare Shorts readers theatre production
This Year 7 “Scripted Drama” unit worked on “How do I transform my face, voice, body, and posture using performance skills from both scripted and improvised drama.”
The students, having explored the different ways to improve their creative processes through improvisation, learned the structures and practices to help them perform their roles in a scripted play.
This unit engaged the students in performing a scripted performance to showcase their talents as actors and improve their ability to perform to the public using strong vocal projection, good mime and effective storytelling, and transforming into different characters wherever possible using aspects of melodrama.
They also had the opportunity to explore the themes of the play and curated the soundtrack for their performance.
Why Shakespeare?
We remember Shakespeare today because he wrote plays that continue to mean a lot to us.
Plays like “Hamlet”, “Romeo and Juliet” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” which are still performed today because people like to hear the ideas and words that Shakespeare wrote, and because he told stories about the feelings that people have always had.
Year 8I and Year 8S Theatre:
Commedia dell’arte scenes
Year 8 students explored the Italian genre of Commedia dell’arte through their Art of Comedy unit.
First applying their research skills to an investigation ofCommedia stock characters, students then formed groups and presented a Commedia scenario to their Year 8 peers.
Student actors explored and demonstrated the ‘performance elements’ of Face, Voice, Gesture, Movement, and Body, while incorporating slapstick techniques into their self-directed scenes, such as ‘the slip’, ‘the trip’ and ‘the double take’.
Creativity was also shown by the costumes students put together from the costume stock in B604, informed by their research of the Commedia stock characters.
In hilarious and sometimes confusing situations, the old men, Pantalone, Il Dottore and Il Capitano, appeared, as did the young lovers, Flavio and Isabella, and the zanni (servant and clown characters), Arlecchino, Colombina, Brighella and Pedrolino.
Year 9 Theatre:
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Hound of the Baskervilles
Year 9 Theatre students chose a play from the canon to workshop and perform in the Theatre ‘Black Box’ classroom.
Thinking about how do plays present a strong central idea or theme (from a specific time or place) that must be effectively transformed through design, acting, and direction; students chose an adaptation of “Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Hound of the Baskervilles” by British author Sir Arthur Connan Doyle.
The students needed to interpret, shape, select, structure, and show insight into their role as actor, as well as to working with a director on their roles. Notes taken and scripts annotated show their interpretation, shaping, selection of ideas and insight, which will be evidenced in their Arts Process Journal.
A further challenge was that students had to perform with flair (confidence and control) in the dark, with only their voices to tell the story of the infamous detective! Using their vocal mechanics, flashlights, and sound effects to set the emotional tone of their radio play, the student actors kept their audience fully engaged.
Year 10 Theatre:
Musical Theatre Mash-up
After weeks of ePortfolio tasks, Personal Projects, and eAssessments the Year 10 Theatre students have evolved their earworms into the unbridled joy of a musical theatre – mash-up unit!
The students have explored the genre and structure of a Broadway Musical Theatre piece and then creatively change it into a modern “mash-up” form by using a modern song, as they compose, present, and express themselves in an original piece of musical theatre (in class assessment).
The aim is to develop in students a sense of responsibility for their own learning and for increasing their knowledge of theatre styles and genres.
This assignment engages students in performing a musical theatre mash-up to showcase their talents as digital musicians and creative designers.
There was “Don’t cry for me Argentina” from Evita + “Fix you” by Coldplay; “You can stop the beat” from Hairspray + “Don’t stop me now” by Queen; “To life l’chaim” from Fiddler on the Roof + “Viva la Vida” by Coldplay; “If I were a rich man” from Fiddler on the Roof + “24 Karat Magic” by Bruno Mars; and “Slipping through my fingers” from Mamma Mia + “Everything I wanted” by Billie Eilish.
See you all in September
for the start of
a new academic years’ worth
of productions and performances!
作为中学表演艺术部忙碌两周活动的一部分，B604″黑匣子”剧场教室舞台迎来了七年级、八年级和九年级戏剧学生的精彩演出。
七年级S班戏剧：
《仲夏夜之梦》
莎士比亚短篇读者剧场
在”剧本戏剧”单元中，七年级学生围绕”如何通过剧本与即兴戏剧的表演技巧，重塑面部表情、声音、肢体和仪态”展开探索。通过即兴创作提升创意过程后，学生们学习了在剧本演出中塑造角色的结构与技巧。
他们通过夸张的肢体语言、清晰的声音投射、生动的哑剧表演和富有张力的叙事，在演绎不同角色时展现出表演才华。学生还深入探讨剧本主题，并为演出策划配乐。
为何选择莎士比亚？
因为他的作品至今仍能引发共鸣。《哈姆雷特》《罗密欧与朱丽叶》等经典剧目持续上演，正源于人们对莎翁思想与文字的永恒热爱，以及他对人性情感的深刻洞察。
八年级I班与S班戏剧：
即兴喜剧
（Commedia dell’arte）场景
八年级学生通过”喜剧艺术”单元探索意大利即兴喜剧。他们首先研究典型角色，随后分组创作并呈现喜剧场景。
年轻演员们通过面部表情、声音、手势、动作和肢体等元素，结合”滑倒””绊倒””二次反应”等滑稽技巧进行创作。学生还根据角色研究，利用B604现有服装资源设计戏服。
舞台上，老顽固Pantalone、学究Il Dottore、吹牛军官Il Capitano，与年轻恋人Flavio和Isabella，以及仆人小丑Arlecchino、Colombina等经典角色轮番登场，制造出既爆笑又令人捧腹的混乱场面。
九年级戏剧：
《福尔摩斯与巴斯克维尔的猎犬案》
九年级学生选择经典剧目在”黑匣子”剧场进行改编演出，探索如何通过设计、表演和导演手法呈现特定时空的核心主题。
他们改编自阿瑟·柯南·道尔爵士的经典侦探故事，在创作中需深度解读角色，与导演协作，并通过艺术日志记录角色塑造过程。
特别挑战在于：演员们需在黑暗中仅凭声音演绎故事！他们巧妙运用声线变化、手电光影和音效设计，在广播剧形式中营造紧张氛围，牢牢吸引观众注意。
十年级音乐剧混搭单元
历经数周电子作品集任务和个人项目后，十年级学生将耳熟能详的旋律创新融合，打造出充满活力的音乐剧混搭作品。
他们研究百老汇音乐剧结构，选用现代流行歌曲进行创意改编，通过作曲、编舞和表演完成课堂评估，旨在培养对戏剧风格的认知与自主学习能力。
精彩组合包括：《艾薇塔》”阿根廷别为我哭泣”×酷玩乐队”Fix You”；《发胶明星梦》”You Can’t Stop the Beat”×皇后乐队”Don’t Stop Me Now”；《屋顶上的小提琴手》”To Life”×酷玩”Viva La Vida”；同剧”假如我是富人”×布鲁诺·马尔斯”24K Magic”；《妈妈咪呀》”指尖流逝”×比莉·艾利什”Everything I Wanted”等。
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