Age range: Ages 11-13 (KS3) Secondary, Ages 14-16 (KS4) Secondary, Ages 16-18 (KS5) Sixth form, college,

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Shakespeare in Schools- FocalVocal

• To demystify the complexities surrounding Shakespeare.

• To engage pupils in key stages 3, 4 and 5 in a highly interactive way and enable them to come to grips with the new form of GCSE assessment in English Literature and Language and GCE in English Literature.

• Understand what is expected at the various levels/bands and help achieve A* (We have ensured that we are very well acquainted with the syllabus and exam requirements for Edexcel, AQA, OCR, WJEC and Cambridge IGCSE examining boards).

The forum theatre session will involve pupils first of all getting to see the scene performed and staged incorrectly, normally in a humorous manner. The pupils are divided into two teams, each supporting one or two actors. The respective teams are asked to direct their actors in such a manner until both are happy with the final performance. The forum theatre process will include the pupils hot-seating with the actors; asking questions about themes, relationships and characterisation; analysing language used; directing the actors; and, if they feel confident, even role-playing with them! At the end of the forum theatre session pupils are divided into smaller groups and placed onto a carousel where they explore with the actors and facilitator characterisation, themes, relationships, stage craft and analysis of language used in greater depth. It is hoped that such a highly participative and entertaining way of presenting Shakespearean texts, will enable pupils to engage with the very issues they in turn have to write about in their GCSE exam and coursework.

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