Drama at Sale College
Sale
College offers two
annual school productions. Both the Junior and Senior productions are
collaborative, cross campus, multi-age theatre performances which
provide
students from Years 7 to 12 with the opportunity to work together to
develop
and perform large
scale theatrical works.
The Drama program at Sale College runs through Years 8, 9 and 10, with the focus on developing skills in communication, team work, character exploration, physical theatre, stagecraft, aspects of Theatre History and performance. At VCE level Theatre Studies is offered.
Students consider the nature of performance and contribute their creativity to both group and individual tasks. Script writing, character study and developing performance skills are fundamental components of the program. Students therefore explore drama as an art form through improvisation, scripted drama, rehearsal and performance.
Students are immersed within various dramatic eras and styles within this program, examining the central elements of dramatic performance to better understand the nature of theatre historically and into the 21st century.
College Production 2017 - The Greatest Show on Earth
Click here to see a web gallery of photos from the 2017 production.
The Sale College Annual Production for 2017 was again held at the Wellington Entertainment Centre and was a great success. The performances by the students were outstanding and the live band and solos that accompanied it were just fantastic.
Congratulations to all those involved with the 2017 production, either on stage or behind the scenes for all their hard work in putting on such a terrific show. It is certainly testimony to the wealth of creative talent
that we have in our students at Sale College.
Cast & Crew of 2016 College Production "Outlaws".
Theatre Studies
In VCE, Units 1 and 2 Theatre Studies students develop skills and knowledge in theatre history and performance. In Unit 1 and 2 the focus is on the application of acting and other stagecraft in relation to theatrical styles of the pre-modern and modern eras. Students work with playscripts from various dramatic styles in both their written form and in performance. They also study theatrical conventions and explore performance possibilities and apply these skills to analyse a play in performance.
Units 3 and 4 Theatre Studies builds on this as students develop skills in stagecraft, play performance and monologues. This is because in Unit 3 students develop an interpretation of a playscript through the stages of the theatrical production process: planning, development and presentation. Students specialise in two areas of stagecraft, working collaboratively in order to realise the production of a playscript.
In Unit 4 students study a scene and associated monologue from the Theatre Studies Performance Examination (monologue list) and develop a theatrical brief that includes the creation of a character by an actor, stagecraft possibilities and appropriate research. Students interpret a monologue from within a specified scene through acting and other appropriate areas of stagecraft. Students are also required to attend a performance selected from the prescribed Theatre Studies Unit 4 Playlist to analyse and evaluate acting in the production.
Cast & Crew of 2016 Theatre Studies Production "Antigone".
Annual Sale College Production
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Sale College offers two annual school productions. Both the Junior and Senior productions are collaborative, cross campus, multi-age theatre performances which provide students from Years 7 to 12 with the opportunity to work together to develop and perform large scale theatrical works.
The Junior production, for students in yr,7-9, has a focus on developing student competencies and developing confidence ad proficiency in performance. This theatre work is then performed in our college’s own performance space, the Watson Centre for the Arts.
Cast & Crew of 2016 Junior Production "Adara & the Ice Queen".
Similarly, the Senior production is a large-scale ensemble performance. This celebration of student talent is an annual event performed at the Wellington Entertainment Centre and involves numerous students from all year levels.
Sale College is proud to offer such opportunities to our talented performing arts students – and as such offers original stage productions for our students to bring to life.
Sale College Production Facebook Page
Years 10-12 Handbook
