To identify and practise safety precautions and procedures related to the theatre. To develop an understanding of how knowledge is created, evaluated, refined, and changed within theatre arts. Learning Objectives Notes 5.1 To understand and apply the principles of the acquisition and management of stage properties. From a given script, students indicate which props could be borrowed, how some might be adapted from other items, and which ones would have to be made from scratch. 5.2 To create stage properties.
Students list their materials and methods of acquisition.
5.3 To create a three-dimensional plaster character mask. Students make, fit, and finish plaster half-masks of a given commedia dell'arte character. 5.4 To practise the principles of theatre safety.