The Scottish Play - Year 10 study Macbeth

On Wednesday 15 th November, sixteen Year 10 GCSE Drama students went to the New Wimbledon Studio Theatre for a workshop and performance of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The workshop was lead by the show’s director and one of the actors.

After the initial shock that they would be required to move and take part in the workshop the Year 10 pupils threw themselves in to some very silly and embarrasing warm up games.

During the workshop the pupils focused on the witches in Macbeth in order to tie the work in with their classwork on witchcraft and Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’. They worked on some dialogue from the play and performed sections on the stage.

After lunch they watched the performance of Macbeth on the stage they had performed on that morning.

Back in school the following day the pupils talked about their experience. Everyone had felt they had learned something from the day and felt that it had been very enjoyable.