Students studying year 10 Drama and Year 11 Theatre Studies will have the opportunity to see the production of ‘The Glass Menagerie’ by Tennessee Williams live in theatre. Year 11 students must see this as part of Unit 1 Area of Study 3. Year 11’s will be working through the area of study by looking at the script, performance and analyse the production. Students will be provided with a great opportunity to analyse professional theatre work at the top level. |
Heathmont College follows the guidelines and health and safety measures recommended to manage the risks associated with Coronavirus (COVID-19). Details can be found via the following link: -https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covidsafe-settings The Glass Menagerie play viewing excursion will be held on the 03/06/2026, with the show starting at 2:00pm and ending at 4:30pm. The students will meet outside the PAC at 11:20am before walking to Heathmont station. Students will then take the train to Flinders Street, then walking to the Sumner Theatre (140 Southbank Blvd, Southbank VIC 3006). Students will be dismissed at Ringwood Station 6:00pm, with the supervising teacher taking the train back to Heathmont Station for those wishing to pick up their students from there. Students wishing to purchase a program or other merchandise can do so upon arrival at the venue. Analysing and evaluating a performance: The Glass Menagerie. In this area of study, students focus on the analysis and evaluation of the acting, direction and design in a performance of a production selected from the prescribed VCE Theatre Studies Playlist. Students attend a production selected from the playlist. They study the theatre style(s) evident in the performance and analyse and evaluate how actor(s), director(s) and designer(s) interpret the script for an audience. They consider the interrelationships between acting, direction and design in the performance. In doing so, students consider character(s) in the play, how the actor(s) interpreted them on stage and the contribution of the director(s) and designer(s) to the interpretation and intended meaning(s). They study acting skills used by the actor(s) to portray character(s) to convey the intended meanings of the play and the establishment, maintenance and/or manipulation of the actor–audience relationship. Students’ understanding of the techniques being used by the actor(s), director(s) and designer(s) is informed by techniques they used to interpret the monologue they selected for Area of Study 1. They refine their understanding of the terminology associated with analysing and evaluating theatre performances. |
