No drama as students pass exams

Paisley-based organisation Speech and Drama Scotland is celebrating the news that all of its students passed the London College of Music graded examinations with flying colours.

Students, who range from 10 to 13, performed two of the the three genre forms; poetry, prose, and drama.

A theory section demanded students have an understanding of dramatic technique such as phrasing as well as prepared written folios, including a collection of works and written reactions.

Five students passed Grade 1 with a mix of merit and Distinction Awards, a Grade 2 student passed with distinction and one student who sat the tough Grade 5 examination, scored a record breaking 99 per cent and a Distinction award.

There was an eclectic range of performances from Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince, Alan Bennett’s adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in The Willow, poetry by Alan Ahlberg, L Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz, a monologue - The Refugee by Ken Pickering and the haunting Prince Kano by Edward Lowbury.

Speech and language Scotland’s founder and tutor, Maura Currie said:“I’m so incredibly proud of our merry band of players. LCM upgraded their syllabi this year and re-introduced the importance of theory and expect each performer to display an understanding technical approach, consideration of technique, dramatic emphasis and character context. It was a much tougher set of examinations and to achieve results like this is phenomenal.”

Speech and Drama Scotland has been operating since 2012, since then students have sat over 47 LCM examinations with a 100 per cent pass rate.

Classes are held on Saturday’s in St Charles Hall, Paisley.

For more information contact Maura at speechanddramascotland@hotmail.co.uk