Drama

Drama is a busy and thriving department at Royal High School Bath, and alongside our academic programme, we offer a wide range of co-curricular activities including clubs, workshops, school productions, theatre trips and Speech and Drama lessons.

Many of our Speech and Drama students are entered for LAMDA examinations and Mid-Somerset Festival Competitions, achieving excellent results in both. Most Royal High School Bath students become involved with our co-curricular activities at some point during their school life, either on stage or behind the scenes with the backstage crew.

Scholar benefits:

• Scholars’ performance evenings • Professionally-led industry and theatre workshops • Trips to theatre productions and

Drama School showcases • Regular group meetings • Audition and self-tape support • Support for LAMDA exams and Mid Somerset Festival competitions

Scholar expectations:

• Involvement in co-curricular activities – on stage or behind the scenes • Scholars’ performances • LAMDA exams • Attendance at workshops/ productions and theatre trips • Study Drama to at least GCSE standard • Study Drama to IB/A Level standard

Scholarship holders are expected to lead by example and be committed and active members of the Drama community at Royal High School Bath.

Scholars should participate in at least two productions per year (actor or technician) and Scholars’ performance evenings. They are expected to attend at least one external Drama club and/or Theatre Company in their own time.

We encourage our Drama Scholars to be proactive in taking up opportunities to broaden their dramatic experiences in all areas, which could include acting, directing, script writing or technical support.

Application Process

Our audition process has been designed in accordance with what is typically expected at a Drama school audition. Drama applicants will be asked to prepare and perform two contrasting dramatic monologues of their own choice.

Applicants for Year 12 entry should also prepare a short song, to be sung acapella.

Candidates are expected to exhibit a good knowledge of each chosen play and the characters they are playing and be prepared to discuss their interpretation as part of the interview process. No monologue should last longer than two minutes.

Applicants are expected to attend extra-curricular drama activities outside their normal curriculum drama lessons and evidence this in their application form. They should also show evidence in their interview of experience of live and/ or recorded theatre performances which they have attended.