The ‘Getting Ready’ list below gives you resources and activities you can do to get ready for when your course starts at College in September. We have picked resources and activities you can access online and we have some suggestions of other resources in the ‘Going Further’ section too.
Getting Ready to study Performing Arts
All Performing Arts
- Marquee TV (free trial period): Includes work from Sadlers Wells, RSC, Donmar Warehouse (Shakespeare all female trilogy), etc.
- Digital Theatre+
- Nick Hern Books External Resources and Opportunities: useful links to online productions and professional companies
- Online Lighting Colour Lab: simple online stage lighting tool
- The Guardian: a selection of some of the best theatre and dance shows that are available online
- Beat by Beat: an online teaching drama resource centre
Dance/Physical Theatre
- Sadler’s Wells
- Jasmin Vardimon Company: dance company sharing work online
- SMASHED a Gandini Juggling Performance: made as a tribute to Pina Bausch, this production is edited from shows filmed at the Royal Opera House in 2011
- The Time of Your Life by Gecko: physical theatre made for TV
- 5 Soldiers by Rosie Kay Dance Company: collaborative dance piece with the British army
- BalletBoyz: free productions and resources
- Bennet Gartside from The Royal Ballet is doing beginners’ ballet on Instagram on Wednesdays: https://www.yours.co.uk/wellbeing/fitness/online-dance-classes-for-adults/
Acting and Theatre
- Burt’s Drama: free online drama lessons for students from prolific drama teacher
- National Theatre
- BBC Bitesize GCSE Drama (Edexcel)
- Pentabus Theatre
- Orange Tree Theatre
- The Beanfield by Breach Theatre
- The Show Must Go Online: The Two Gentlemen Of Verona: online production of the play using Zoom by both professional and amateur actors
- The Winter’s Tale: Live Capture Cheek by Jowl
- Bubble by Kieran Hurley
- Tim Crouch: extraordinary artist, exploring relationships and roles of audience and performer in solo works
- Girls Like That by Evan Placey: seminal play and great production
Musical Theatre
- Wind in the Willows from London Palladium, with Rufus Hound
- 21 Chump Street by Lin-Manuel Miranda: short musical by the Hamilton creator
Going Further to study Performing Arts
Some further resources can be found here:
Performing Arts Resources for Year 11s
Pick a course in your subject area that interests you at:
