Drama has become one of the most popular subjects to follow at GCSE and A level. With so many students discovering a passion for drama it is important to know what opportunities can be found when it comes to pursing a career.
Will be Performers have several options they can study drama at university or choose one of the top 23 drama schools in England which can be members of the CDS.
Child performers maybe able to help make the transition, from child actor to adult, and never having to head to drama school. Though this is indeed rare, it's not impossible.
However, not everybody wants to be a performer some prefer to teach, what exactly training can you need. Well I spoke to one drama student who explained all about her journey from leaving
Blag Youth Theatre in Rickmansworth to landing a top class job in a second school in Hertfordshire, she also outlines other routes into becoming a drama teacher.
'My desire for drama began in my early teens, when I joined Blag Youth Theatre. There I surely could expand my knowledge and try out improvisation and scripted pieces. In addition, it gave me performance opportunities which confirmed my desire for the arts.
I left school with 3 A-levels (Theatre studies, Music and English Lit.) in 1998. I went on to do a three year degree in Drama and Theatre Studies and graduated in 2001. During the following 3 years I worked with a variety of different aged children running outdoor adventure activities. Dramacool I then determined to become a secondary school teacher and to get back to university; so in 2004 I started a PGCE in drama at Chester University. This course took per year and was very hands-on with two teaching placements in various schools.
Once I completed this season I started as an NQT (Newly Qualified teacher) at a school in Hertfordshire - Once I'd done one year at this school i was a fully-qualified teacher of drama!!
You will find other routes into teaching:
If you make the decision before I did so and know once you finish your A-Levels that you intend to be a teacher then you are able to do a 4 year course at University and become either a main teacher or perhaps a secondary teacher with drama specialism.
If you have a drama degree already and wish to teach drama then you can certainly either apply to do a PGCE, like me or perhaps a GTP. A GTP is a school based qualification where you work in a school for a diminished salary until you qualify.
If you have a degree in another subject then you can certainly still become a drama teacher but may have to perform a short course to convert your specialism.'
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