At a glance
A practical course where students create, rehearse and perform drama. Students explore stories, ideas and issues through performance, and learn how drama can inform, entertain or challenge an audience.
This course is a good choice for students who:
- enjoy performing, creating characters, and working as part of an ensemble
- like exploring ideas about people, society and the world through drama
- want to build confidence, creativity, communication and teamwork skills
About this course
Drama helps students learn through making and responding to dramatic works. Students explore performance and production elements, work collaboratively, and develop skills in acting, devising, rehearsal and presentation. Assessment usually includes performance tasks and short responding tasks such as reflections, research or analysis.
Pathways
This course can support pathways into areas such as:
- performing arts and theatre pathways
- live performance and production pathways
- media, communications and creative industries
- any pathway that values confidence, collaboration and communication
Some units you may study
Students complete 2 units for a Minor or 4 units for a Major.
Creativity in Drama
This unit is about using imagination and creative processes to develop drama and express ideas about self, others and the world.
Students will:
- explore drama styles and techniques to create performance work
- work independently and with others to devise, rehearse and refine drama
Communicating Meaning in Drama
This unit is about how drama communicates meaning and shapes an audience’s response.
Students will:
- analyse how performance and production choices communicate a message
- create performances that aim to inform, entertain or provoke
Drama in Context
This unit is about how drama changes across different times and places, and how context shapes theatre and audiences.
Students will:
- explore drama from different cultures and historical periods
- use drama techniques from different contexts to create performance work
Adaptation in Drama
This unit is about adapting stories, themes and perspectives from different texts into a drama performance for a modern audience.
Students will:
- explore how themes and perspectives can be reimagined through drama
- create an adaptation using a range of drama methods and techniques
Arts at Gungahlin College
Arts programs include Dance, Drama, Media, Music, Photography, Visual Arts, as well as Industry skills programs Stage Performance and Live Production and Services. Arts studios and classrooms are fully equipped with high-quality technology and resources, including a fully operational theatre.