Nurturing confident communicators through creativity, performance, and a deep appreciation for the spoken word.
Confidence, creativity, and clear communication are at the heart of our co-curricular Speech and Drama program. Students explore public speaking, improvisation, poetry, stagecraft, and voice production, developing expressive skills that enhance both academic and personal growth. Regular opportunities for performance, competition, and examination help build resilience and self-assurance. With a strong focus on literature and dramatic genres, the program encourages a lifelong appreciation for the arts while equipping students to speak and present with purpose and poise in any setting.
Opportunities
Your child will have the privilege of exploring the dramatic arts though our extensive cocurricular Drama program, offering a diverse range of creative and production opportunities to develop and hone skills in auditioning, devising, directing and treading the boards.
- Annual Major Production
- Years 4 – 6 EC (Everyone Can) Drama Program
- PlayDate – our annual Year 5 and 6 Short Play afternoon
- Secondary School Drama Companies (Junior, Intermediate and Senior) competing annually at the Gold Coast Secondary Schools’ Drama Festival
- PlayNight – our annual One Act Play showcase
- Off the Cuff Improvisation Festival with Queensland Youth TheatreSports
- Queensland Youth ShakeFest. (shake & stir Theatre Company)
- Bell Shakespeare Scholarship
- Solo Act
- Folio Script Writing Competition
- Arts Express workshops, incursions, excursions and interstate tours
Through cocurricular Drama, your child will gain valuable performance experience, growing in their ability to create, problem solve, effectively communicate, empathise and collaborate with others, whilst making special friendships and life-long memories.
Examinations
Your child will have the opportunity to develop their performance skills through our co-curricular Drama program, guided by professional and qualified educators. They will learn from internationally respected syllabi provided by the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) or Trinity College London.
Through this program, your child can undertake formal Drama examinations up to Grade 8 and beyond. These achievements can contribute to their Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) credits and lead to internationally recognised tertiary qualifications, providing a strong foundation for future academic and career pathways.
Your child can choose to specialise in areas such as:
- Acting
- Communication
- Musical Theatre
- Performance Arts
- Speech & Drama
- Acting for Screen
Through every lesson and performance, your child will build confidence, creativity, and a lifelong passion for the performing arts.
Registration & Contact Information
Enrolled families can visit The Arts on Schoolbox to enrol in any of these programs.
Mrs Jane Allen, Arts Administrator
07 5561 4088
arts@emmanuel.qld.edu.au
