There are extra drama activities, coaching sessions for potential scholars, theatre trips and the opportunity to take additional LAMDA classes. There is also a junior devising group who create their own original pieces inspired by their own experiences.
Children are also encouraged to write, direct and perform their own work and other performance opportunities include assemblies, poetry festivals and showcases. Academic drama, covering many styles and genres including: Commedia Dell’Arte, Melodrama, Realism, Epic theatre and Mask Work in our spacious studio, is both challenging and rewarding and explores important texts and key practitioners. Children are encouraged to create original work to demonstrate their understanding of the style in question and are assessed regularly in a fair, consistent and non-pressured way.
Every year, Windlesham House children gain drama scholarships to Marlborough, Harrow, Oundle and Lancing to name a few.
Preparation for these scholarships includes theatre trips, portfolio creation and extra study sessions. Windlesham children have also gained places at the national youth music theatre and in theatrical agencies and have gone on to be professional actors in film, television and as part of the RSC.
A number of dance activities are also available including ballet, tap and street dance. There are also dance troupes on Wednesday afternoons and the Saturday morning ‘Made 2 Move’ academy which focuses on classical technique, tap, jazz and gives the pupils a chance to choreograph their own original work. This year’s An Evening of Drama and Dance will feature an entire dance choreographed by 8-12 year olds.
Fiona Jenkins, Head of Drama and Dance
01903 874700
whsoffice@windlesham.com
