This week we have been lucky enough to have The Box Theatre Company in school delivering drama workshops to both KS3 and KS4. The boys were learning about a new style of performance called platform theatre. This involved restricting their performances to a gym mat and they were not allowed any assistance from props, sets, costumes or sounds. This meant that the pupils only had their physical selves to tell a story.
Pupils had to learn how to draw objects. They then added an action and their own sounds to make it obvious what object they were creating. The boys had great fun with this and enjoyed both performing and guessing each others work.
Then in groups pupils had to really be creative and imaginative as they created a scene based on household products. They had to think carefully about what noises they might need to support their performance and how they might mime out its action. Above you can see pupils creating the scene of going to the toilet and using a washing machine. Pupils also put their own spin on Goldilocks and the Three Bears. It was great to see so many pupils push themselves out of their comfort zones and take part in something new.
Thank you so much Amy and Lewis from Box Theatre we all had a fantastic day.
