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N-QADA DRAMA STUDIO

All classes are focused on communication and working with others. They are designed to build confidence and enhance the student’s personal communication skills and to encourage the
student to use their imagination. The courses are practical and are all about giving the students every opportunity to participate. ie. be up and doing the performance, not writing an assignment about it. The students participate in a range of drama activities and evaluate their own and others’ contribution. There are a number of classes to choose from and each is put into a level as
per the grade at school.

DRAMA CLASSES COVER:

Using a variety of drama conventions to explore ideas, issues, texts and meanings

Find different ways to convey action, character, atmosphere and tension in scripting and performing plays. eg. with dialogue, movement and pace

Appreciate how structure and organisation of scenes in plays contribute to dramatic effect

Discussion about the intentions of the plays in which they have performed or watched.

YOUTH DRAMA LEVELS
LEVEL 1 (Grade 2 - 3)
	Classes are for 30 minutes each week - for the school term These classes are devised to bring the students together by understanding how to communicate their ideas cohesively on stage before an audience.	•	Creating your own drama
		•	Storytelling
		•	Acting out dramas
		•	Role play
		•	Theatre Games

LEVEL 2 (Grade 4 - 5)
	Classes are for 1.5hours each week - for the school term These classes are devised to bring the students together by understanding how to communicate their ideas cohesively on stage before an audience.	•	Creating your own drama
		•	Storytelling
		•	Circus Skills
		•	Role play
		•	Scripted Scenes
		•	Improvisation
		•	Process Drama
		•	Theatre Games

LEVEL 3 (Grade 6 - 8)
	Classes are for 1.5 hours each week - for the school term These classes are devised to encourage the students to be brave and explore and push past their limits. The group is very important and these classes offer enormous opportunities for each student to experience and work towards their potential.	•	Realistic theatre conventions
		•	Physical theatre
		•	Comedy techniques
		•	Clowning
		•	Script interpretation
		•	Theatre games
		•	Improvisation
		•	Theatre performance
		•	Characterization
		•	Process theatre

LEVEL 4 (Grade 9 - 12)
	Classes are for 2 hours each week - for the school term These classes are devised to give opportunities for students to use the basics and build their own dramas in the most creative, innovative and dramatic manner. Students will cover a variety of style of theatre and have the skills to create character and interpret a range of play scripts. The students from this class will be encouraged to perform in the NQADA Youth Theatre Company to further develop their acting skills. These students will cover speech making and will also be given the opportunity to further their qualifications by undertaking to do a speech exam which would be included on their Year 12 certificate as a concrete measure of their competence in communication.	•	Absurd theatre conventions
		•	Realistic theatre
		•	Theatre styles
		•	Characterization
		•	Theatre games
		•	Script interpretation
		•	Screen acting
		•	Student devised theatre
		•	Improvisation
		•	Theatre performance

YOUTH DRAMA PERFORMANCE GROUPS
N-QADA Youth Theatre Group	Sydney Shakespeare	ATOM	The Upstagers

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ADULT DRAMA LEVEL 5 As it is important for all actors to keep working on developing their skills, so it is important for those who are professionals working in environments which involve communicating with the public to pay attention to making the best use of their vocal instruments and body. NQADA has recognized this need and in the Adult Classes there are opportunities for practicing drama teachers, and those who love drama and theatre, to replenish their energies and remind themselves how much fun it is to learn through drama. It can become the release from the exacting work environment, to break the rules and laugh at mistakes. The most important ingredient is – ENTHUSIASM and a POSITIVE attitude.

LEVEL 5 (Adults)
	Classes are Tuesday Evenings 6.0pm - 7.30pm Progress Hall - EDGE HILL No Experience Necessary ADULT DRAMA PERFORMANCE GROUPS Suitcase Theatre 10 Minute Play Festival	•	Commedia del arte
		•	Physical theatre
		•	Comedy techniques
		•	Theatre Styles
		•	Script interpretation
		•	Theatre games
		•	Improvisation
		•	Theatre performance
		•	Characterisation
		•	Script Writing
		•	Devised Theatre
		•	Screen Acting

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