Dramatic Arts

What is Drama but life with the dull bits cut out?
~ Alfred Hitchcock - film director

Dramatic Arts is an opportunity for the students to express themselves creatively: the emphasis is placed on DOING rather than perfection; nurturing self-realisation with confidence; allowing a unique and individual style.

The study of Dramatic Arts exposes students to the varied aspects of the Performing Arts: film-making, scriptwriting, marketing, backstage work, sets, costume, well as multiple performance techniques.

Other ‘side-effects’ that are achieved using the tool of Dramatic Arts are: tolerance, team-work, respect, compromise, time-management, commitment, discipline, ingenuity and creative problem solving. Creativity, ‘making a plan’ and sticking to deadlines are possibly the most important elements of this subject, as the very nature of this subject depends on the adage:

THE SHOW MUST GO ON!

There is the misconception that Theatre and the Dramatic Arts have no money. To survive in this industry, one has to be a jack of all trades: it is not just a short job opportunity performing in a soapie, advert, one theatre production and that’s it; it can be a full-time, life-long career.

To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal:
to be willing to break the rules
 to strive for something new.
~ Nicholas Cage - actor

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