Overview

The Drama department at Bangkok Patana School is passionate about giving learning and performance opportunities to our students both within the curriculum and through a wide range of extra curricular activities in both the Primary and the Secondary School.

The year’s calendar is filled with a diverse array of events including the whole-Secondary School production, trips to inter-school festivals, house drama competitions and Key Stage performances. At Bangkok Patana School we believe that Drama plays a huge role in developing confidence, imagination and independence.

DRAMA IN THE CURRICULUM

• Primary School Year group productions
  

  Every student from Foundation onwards takes part in their Year group’s annual performance, which range from original musical theatre extravaganzas like Year 4 Bollywood, to a dramatic tour of the classics as seen in a Year 6 dynamic production of The Trojan Horse.

  The Year group productions are a mixture of music dance and drama and are an excellent way of synthesizing elements of the curriculum that the Year groups have been studying in a creative way.

• Drama in the Secondary Curriculum
  

  Drama is offered as a subject at all the Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and in Senior Studies and the students’ performance assessment pieces are made open to other students and parents to attend.

EXTRA CURRICULAR DRAMA

• Primary School
  

  Children’s Drama is available to all Primary students as part of the ECA programme.

• Secondary School
  

  During Secondary School the opportunities for students to perform increase. The Drama Department co-ordinate a number of ECA groups including the Key Stage 3 Drama ECA, the Physical Theatre ECA and the Patana Theatre Company – a highly talented group of Key Stage 4 and 5 students who have tackled some very challenging pieces.

  The Drama Department works hard to provide opportunities for students not only to perform, but also to learn by arranging trips to local and regional workshops and a variety of performances in different dramatic media.

Whole-School Production

In addition to the individual Key Stage Drama ECAs, each year students from throughout secondary collaborate in the whole-school production, allowing students demonstrate their talents across a wide range of performing arts. Students are also encouraged to work backstage on publicity, costume design, set design, lighting planning, directing, and stage managing. This gives them invaluable training in all aspects of theatrical production.

House Drama

When students join Bangkok Patana School they are assigned to one of four Houses – Chang, Lanta, Phuket or Samui. The Houses compete in various events throughout the year, including the annual House Music and Drama Competition, where students from each Key Stage perform in front of their peers and a panel of judges to gain points for their house