Kneehigh: A Complete Guide for AS & A Level OCR
Anarchic, innovative and heartfelt, Kneehigh are both exciting and accessible, allowing students to explore more unusual aspects of theatre, including literary adaptations, outdoor theatre, puppetry, music and movement.
Engaging notes and inspired activities bring this anarchic theatre company to life! Students will explore, interpret and gain full appreciation of Kneehigh’s work and ethos:
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Comprehensive and captivating notes cover
Kneehigh from all angles
- Including context, beginnings, works, purpose, practice, methods, techniques, influences, and collaborations.
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Imaginative activities inform students’
interpretations by exploring ideas and experimenting with
techniques.
- Perfect balance of practical and non-practical tasks – including reflection, writing and research.
- Dedicated assessment section offers practical advice on how to apply Kneehigh to the relevant components: Process to Performance (AS) and Practitioners in Practice (A Level)
Written specifically for OCR, with detailed indicative content and full teacher’s notes provided, this essential guide ensures that applying Kneehigh’s style to students’ work has never been easier!
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A very valuable resource that is clearly laid out with key information. There is a variety of appropriate and thought-provoking exercises and activities that are linked to the OCR specification. A very informative guide which introduces Kneehigh as a theatre company, examples key productions and includes key Kneehigh practical exercises and research activities which logically develop, progress and challenge student knowledge and understanding... It is very student friendly – clear layout with useful subtitles, logical and progressive information and clear links made between theory and practice citing examples from Kneehigh performances... Informative and exciting clips to watch and thought-provoking questions asked... Clear, developmental research tasks to build student knowledge and information... Portfolio Tips are useful and link specifically to the OCR spec... Clear context of the influence of Grotowski’s Poor Theatre... The extension activities are good, encouraging differentiation to challenge higher-ability students... I really like the Case Studies section – informative on two key productions that students can then continue to research... The exam preparation section is useful for an NQT... Teachers notes and answers are useful and helpful... This resource will definitely enhance learning through students gaining knowledge and understanding of the content information presented, through students exploring (practically and via written work and discussion of work) the exercises and activities. There is a good variety of teaching and learning methods present in this pack. [The guide] is excellent – it is so easy to read, clearly laid out, key aspects covered, information is progressive, clips are very good for exampling Kneehigh in performance.