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Speech and Drama.
Head of Subject: Mr Mark Burgess
The study of Speech & Drama will help to develop:
- effective oral communication of the written word
- interpretive and technical skills
- knowledge and appreciation of literature
- poems and drama
- acting performance,
- self-confidence and public-speaking skills.
Whatever the students age or aspirations, it will equip them with a range of skills that will serve them throughout life.
Approximately 170 students from Years 3-13 work towards their LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) Examinations in either ‘The Speaking of Verse and Prose’, ‘Acting’ or ‘Musical Theatre for the Actor/Singer’. They also have a variety of opportunities to perform throughout the school year in front of adjudicators at the Bedfordshire Festival of Music, Speech & Drama or at our own Showcase Evenings and Tea-Time Presentations.
- Years 3-6 study ‘The Speaking of Verse and Prose’
- Years 7-13 study either ‘Acting’, ‘The Speaking of Verse & Prose’ or ‘Musical Theatre for the Actor/Singer’ (Years 10-13).
- Each weekly lesson is 30 minutes in length with Years 3-8 being taught in groups of four, and Years 9-13 either in pairs, or individually.
Senior LAMDA examiners have been impressed by the numbers of BMS students studying Speech & Drama, and that the school incorporates these lessons into its daily timetable.
Head of Speech & Drama at BMS is Mark Burgess, an experienced actor & playwright. He is assisted by two part-time teachers, Mrs Tanya Walsh and Mrs Rebecca Cassell.
