Slapstick
Low comedy asks for little, if any intellectual skill in the script writing. Slapstick is an excellent example of this form as it is largely a physical humour, which like farce, asks for ridiculous situations….
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Kitchen Sink Drama
Up until the 1950’s, most English theatre was concerned with middle-class dramas and society. In 1956 British playwright John Osborne introduced a different type of drama Look Back In Anger that was one of the…
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Life After The Drama Exam
Well, the Drama written examination is now over and I see hundreds of smiling faces out there! It’s good to knock a subject over for the last time, even if for many students, Drama may…
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Exam Techniques
On the eve of the Victorian Year 12 Drama and Theatre Studies written exams, I thought I’d share some thoughts with you about the whole exam process. Sometimes students and their teachers get bogged down…