Drama: Level 2

If you have completely The Crescent's Acting for Beginners course, have some acting experience, or are a returning member of the Drama class, this dynamic, constantly evolving course is for you.

Your creativity will continue to be nurtured and you will enjoy enhancing your acting ability.

In each lesson, you will:

• begin with a vocal warm-up
• use some drama games to tune up your 'acting brain'
• learn some simple, movement based exercises to develop physical expression
• continue to develop your ability to improvise (create scenes without the need for any written words) by learning a new range of improvisation exercises and creating extended scenarios
• rehearse a variety of scripted scenes, monologues, poems and songs

Learning Outcomes:  by the end of the course you will have extended your dramatic skills, including:

• The ability to create different characters, using a range of different acting exercises provided by the tutor
• Understand how to use your voice in a way that is technically clear, expressive and strong enough to support you whether on stage or film
• Develop your vocal skills in order to create different characters
• Being confident enough to work with others through sharing ideas and listening to your fellow actors when rehearsing and performing    
• Gaining some knowledge in how to examine a script in close co-operation with a scene partner             

This class has, since 2007, used knowledge learned to put on a successful, informal showcase for friends and family on the final night of the September to December term- if you wish, we will continue this tradition!

About the Tutor

After training for 3 years at drama school (RCS) Rosie worked for many years as a professional actor in Scotland, London and abroad. She has a First Class Honours degree in English, was awarded an AHRC scholarship to pursue her MA in English (Medieval Studies) and has a PGCE in English and Drama from Warwick University.

Rosie facilitates Drama and Voice workshops in schools and for a range of organisations and she brings drama to young people, the elderly and those with learning disabilities.

She has taught on the QUB Drama degree for nine years.

Her various Drama classes have been running at The Crescent for 20 years.