Group Drama: Devised
Group Drama: Devised is a syllabus which offers assessments from Initial level to Grade 8 to groups of three or more candidates who wish to present their own self- devised scenes or plays.
At the most junior levels it requires a written storyline to be given to the examiner before starting and as the grades progress the syllabus requires different stimuli for the scene to be given to the examiner – a picture, a magazine article and so forth.
At advanced levels (Grades 6–8) original scripted plays are required, and from Intermediate levels up improvisation is also a component.
The option has been found valuable for teachers of drama in education from the infant school upwards. This syllabus is particularly valuable for adult or youth drama groups that wish to encourage and develop skills in shaping storylines into drama, and for school drama options where the skill of script writing is encouraged. It is of interest to tutors who work with drama as a therapeutic medium. Groups from private drama studios have also enjoyed the challenges of teamwork this syllabus provides.
Every participant in a successful group performance will receive a certificate. Group performances may be examined in the presence of an invited audience.