7–10Drama 7–10 Syllabus
The new Drama 7–10 Syllabus (2023) is to be implemented from 2026.
2024 and 2025 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2026 – Start teaching new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts.
Content
Stage 5
- DR5-PER-01
applies and adapts performance skills and dramatic processes to communicate intention and meaning
- DR5-PER-02
manipulates dramatic elements to stage works and influence audience response through dramatic contexts
Stage drama informed by artistic, cultural, social and personal contexts, protocols and intentions
Stage ideas, images and stories to express individual and collective identities, values and perspectives
Apply dramatic conventions, forms and styles influenced by dramatic works, practices or practitioners
Stage dramatic action and meaning informed by the dynamic and evolving Cultural Knowledges of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander works, practices or practitioners
Use language appropriate to context to communicate meaning to an audience
Craft meaning and influence audience response in coherent devised and scripted theatrical works
Embody characters, situations and ideas for an audience
Collaborate dynamically within an ensemble and/or crew to jointly stage dramatic action
Apply processes to support safe, respectful and inclusive performance
Apply protocols for performing which respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Apply performance skills and take creative risks to strengthen dramatic intention and influence audience response
Spontaneously create and develop characters, ideas, images and stories through improvisation
Collaboratively stage group-devised performance with shared and sustained intention
Perform and stage roles, characters and situations with clarity and cohesion
Manipulate the elements of drama to influence audience response in devised and scripted theatrical works
Adapt and apply the elements of performance
Select and apply the elements of production to stage dramatic works
Select and manipulate dramatic elements to build cohesive moments, transitions and journeys
Manipulate the elements of drama, performance and production to communicate meaning and sustain audience engagement