Theatre Arts
(School)
"Great stories happen to those who can tell them." - Ira Glass
Theatre Arts (11 - 16)
We developed the Theatre Arts courses to support aspiring young actors, musicians, and performers in reaching their full potential as creative and performing artists.
Storytelling is at the heart of all great performances and so we’ve put storytelling at the heart of our performance training. Our courses are fun, challenging, and rigorous and students in years 7-11 can expect to receive upwards of 16 hours of vocational training per week with classes running alongside our full academic curriculum.
Further Course Information
Our courses are fun, challenging, and rigorous and students in years 7-11 can expect to receive upwards of 16 hours of vocational training per week with classes running alongside our full academic curriculum.
Foundation (Years 7 - 9)
Theatre Arts Foundation students will follow the core curriculum, allowing students the opportunity to develop, explore and expand their skills through the first three years of their training.
Core classes include:
Actor’s Workshop
Music Ensemble
Improvisation
Acting for Camera
Musical Theatre
Dance Technique
Movement
Scene Study
Audition Technique
Physical Theatre
Year 9 students will complete an RSL Level One qualification in Creative and Performing Arts.
Specialised (Years 10 - 11)
Before entering year 10 students are given the opportunity to choose an area of focus for their Specialist training. Students can choose to focus on Acting or Music Performance and will spend two years honing their skills in their chosen area whilst continuing to follow our core performance curriculum.
Additional Specialist Acting classes:
Contemporary Theatre
Classical Theatre
Acting Technique
Voice and Speech
Additional Music Performance classes:
Composition
Musicianship
Vocal and Music performance
Music Theory
Specialist students will complete an RSL Level Two qualification in Creative and Performing Arts.
Performance:
‘Feel the fear and do it anyway’ - Susan Jeffers
Ask any of our students, what’s your favourite time at school and they’re likely to answer ‘show week’.
A usual year of public performance opportunities for a Theatre Arts Student may include:
Christmas Cabaret
Foundation, Specialised, Advanced.Main Stage Show - Musical / Play
Foundation, Specialised, AdvancedTheatre Outreach
Foundation, Specialised.Work in Progress Demonstration
Foundation, Specialised.
Further Training & Careers:
Recent graduates of the Hammond Theatre Arts courses (formally Drama) have gone on to study at:
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Mountview, American Academy of Dramatic Arts NYC, Trinity Larban, Guilford School of Acting, Rose Bruford, Fourth Monkey, The Arden, Alra, East 15, Stella Adler Studio NYC.