There are only three compulsory things we’d like you to do:

1. Fill out our ‘Tell us about yourself’ form (link at bottom of page). This will only take a few minutes. Please bring this as a print-out to your first lesson.

1. Research into one of the key practitioners listed below. This will be set as an assignment for you to upload as soon as you get to college so needs to be typed. This will take between one and two hours. (See downloads)

1. Put our Year 13 EPQ shows in your diary: student written and directed ‘When the Wind Changes’ Thursday 11 September 4.15pm; student directed ‘The 39 Steps’ Thursday 25 September 4.15pm; Student written and directed musical ‘That Thing Called Love’ Thursday 9 October 4.15pm. Running times TBC. Attendance is compulsory.

Research into key practitioners
All of those listed here have been used by our A level drama students to support their practical work in the last two years. Please choose one of these practitioners who is new to you to research for your Practitioner factsheet, which is in the Downloads section below.

• Steven Berkoff

• Bertolt Brecht

• Peter Brook

• Complicité

• Dario Fo

• Frantic Assembly

• Headlong Theatre

• Kneehigh Theatre Company

• Katie Mitchell

• Shared Experience

• Max Stafford Clark

• Konstantin Stanislavski