A Level Drama
'Colder Than Here' Set Text - preparation activities
'Colder Than Here' by Laura Wade is one of the two set texts for A-level drama. It is highly advised that you purchase your own copy of this play so that you can annotate it and use it for revision purposes.
It can be purchased here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Colder-Than-Oberon-Modern-Plays/dp/1840024712
Once bought, you will need to read the play before embarking on studying it.
Some tasks that will support your understanding of this play are listed below...
Research:
'Black Humour' as a genre
Wade's other plays
Research contextual information surrounding the early 90's - what was happening at this time?
Please 'hand in' any work that you complete.
Live Theatre - activities
It is a requirement of the A-level drama course for students to watch a range of theatre productions so we would love you to get a head start on this (hopefully you have already seen and analysed some before).
The following productions are available for you to watch online for free. Please have a look at the following list and choose a couple to watch.
https://youtu.be/XFiQWzU5wSQ 'Tangled: The Musical' Disney's Cruise Ship recording
https://youtu.be/ELBGa6-uOhc '21 Chump St' Lin-Manuel Miranda
https://youtu.be/Cx2KDNusk9E 'Girls Like That' Evan Placey
After watching please complete either all or some of the following:
a mind-map of elements of the production you watched (sound, lighting, costume, make-up, characters, style, staging etc.)
a moodboard of the production you watched (images, photographs, quotes, drawings, materials)
answer the following question 'live theatre is no longer engaging to younger audiences. Do you agree?'
Please 'hand in' any work you complete - thank you.