Musical theatre – drama

Years 7 to 10 drama
Creative Class Drama

Discover the dramatic style of musical theatre through performance.

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Scene from No Good Deed, from the 'The Wizard of Oz' segment from Schools Spectacular 2019

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.