Drama and Theatre

Drama gives children the opportunity to explore and the freedom to imagine. Drama at LCS is about producing a learning environment where pupils can explore the world and their relationship to it, develop their self-awareness and understand others through fictional contexts. We use drama to help pupils develop on a social, moral, linguistic and creative level. The majority of this work is carried out in lessons where drama is used as a learning medium and the work is part of an ongoing experience, not intended for public display. However, some of the work involves developing stagecraft skills so that dramatic productions can be polished, rehearsed and presented to a larger, formal audience using school facilities and professional venues.

Pupils and students to get involved in drama productions, whether or not they are studying drama at GCSE or A Level. Pupils across a broad range of age, ability and experience are welcome to take part in School shows at professional venues across Staffordshire and community-based art and drama productions.

• Join Drama Clubs at lunchtimes and after school.
• Take part in our whole-school drama and musical productions at professional venues – examples include Matilda, Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, School of Rock, The Sound of Music, Aladdin, Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz, Oliver!, Grease, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, We Will Rock You, Blood Brothers, Return to the Forbidden Planet and You, Me and Yesterday.
• Given the wealth of singing talent at LCS, we also love staging operas, such as Dido & Aeneas, Orpheus in the Underworld and La Belle Helene and Noye's Fludde.
• Take part in community-based productions, such as Zimbe!
• Take part in practitioner-led workshops by actors, directors and experts in sound, lighting and set design.
• Write theatre reviews for the weekly School newsletter.
• Visit the theatre to see professional performances.