Year 10 Drama (10DRA)
Someone Else's Skin
Someone Else's Skin
This year, you will build on Drama from Year Nine. If you were not in Year 9 Drama you are still very welcome in this course. You will develop your creativity, communication skills and ability to work sensitively and cooperatively with others. You will also look more closely at performance elements, techniques, conventions and technologies as you look further at the role Drama plays in the community and the outside world. You will work towards creating a performance of your choice during the second term of your course. This will be shared with a public audience that you agree to. You can choose to work on acting or lighting, set, props, sound, makeup, costume or stage management.
Welcome to Box Theatre
Get to know each other and our class values
Learn warm-ups and training games from NZ and Australian theatre companies
Role and Relationship – “Trying on Someone Else’s Skin”
Explore character using text (open scripts or excerpts)
Make choices about who you are, where you are, and what you're doing
Build strong onstage relationships and bring your character to life
Devising Using Verbatim Theatre
Work in groups to create a short performance using real interviews
Record, script, and perform stories from real people
Use techniques, elements, and conventions to clearly communicate meaning
Term Two: Production & Performance Technologies
Immersive Performance – Site-Specific Work
Create a 5–7 minute performance for an audience of one
Perform in unusual spaces (e.g. stairwells, lifts, classrooms)
Design an experience that engages the senses, tells a story, or teaches a skill
Think beyond acting – focus on creating an experience
Production Technology Skills
Learn about backstage and design roles:
Lighting
Set design
Costume and makeup
Sound and soundscapes
Choose whether to perform or contribute behind the scenes
Completing the Year 10 course in drama enables you to progress to Level 1 Drama and Level 1 NCEA Performing Arts Event and Entertainment Technologies (EET)
Read more about indicative course costs.