Musical theatre – drama

Years 7 to 10 drama
Creative Class Drama

Discover the dramatic style of musical theatre through performance.

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Learning intentions

This class is an introduction to the performance style of musical theatre through examples from various NSW Schools Spectacular performances.

Your students will:

  • explore the origins of the dramatic style of musical theatre
  • discover theatrical conventions and techniques of musical theatre as a performance style
  • identify and discuss characteristics of musical theatre in performance
  • create a character performance based on a musical theatre piece.
Scene from No Good Deed, from the 'The Wizard of Oz' segment from Schools Spectacular 2019