Thespian Follies: 13 Original Scripts with Activities for KS3 and GCSE Drama
A collection of 13 tried-and-tested, short comic scripts with theatre and its processes at its core. Each small-cast play explores a range of themes to engage, inspire and encourage creativity among your students.
- Ready to rehearse and perform
- No specialised equipment or preparation needed
- Suitable for Year 9 acting assessments or GCSE preparation
- A range of humorous themes presented
- Including fame, failure, conflict, catastrophe, science fiction, the supernatural and many more!
- Ready-made activities
- Including improvisation, transformation, imagination, research, discussion, design tasks
- Considers key drama skills, such as characterisation, movement, voice, direction, staging, lighting, costume and sound
Ultimate flexibility: Explore as a class • Read in small groups • Use as a springboard for discussion / written work • Perform in class/assembly
- The Famous Actor’s Visit – pupils are sceptical of their Drama teacher’s friendship with a famous film star…
- Box Office Complaint – a father complains about theatre seats and tensions rise…
- The Sleeping Prompt – an actor forgets his lines and receives no help from the prompt…
- Fracas at FOH Frontier – two latecomers try to gain access to the auditorium even though the play has started…
- Artificial Intelligence – the New Drama Teacher – a Drama class discover that their favourite teacher has been replaced by an AI which wants to take the fun out of Drama!
- Drama Prefect’s Talk to Years 7–9 – the Drama prefect wins over his audience with his talk at an assembly…
- The Audition – a short-tempered director auditions two actors and succeeds in alienating both…
- The Ragged Rehearsal – an inexperienced director gets worked up by his cast and causes chaos…
- The Impresario’s Imbroglio – a top impresario is expecting a top client but discovers that the cleaner has destroyed a vital file…
- Dressing Room Jealousy – there is a mix-up of dressing rooms for theatrical stars whose pride is wounded…
- Casting Agent’s Angst – a top casting agent receives a visit from a very strange but charismatic actor…
- The Understudy – an inebriated understudy steps in with catastrophic results…
- Crazy Curmudgeonly Kitchen – staff await the arrival of an arrogant new head chef in the theatre restaurant kitchen…
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Some high moments of comedy and action.... Effective tasks... Introduces conflict, stage and theatre terms and encourages ensemble collaboration... The plays encourage research into acting styles and theatre terms.