Year 7 Ancient Greek Theatre Mask Competition

In term 3 Year 7 explored ancient Greek theatre in their Drama lessons. Ancient Greece is often considered the birthplace of Western civilization. The ancient Greeks were also the first people to dedicate a building especially for theatre. In Ancient Greece, the theatre was a very important aspect of society. Large outdoor theatres were built on hillsides to accommodate the large number of people that attended. Theatres were built on hillsides because it allowed the audience to see what was going on in the orchestra pit – the stage area. 

One of the key features of ancient Greek theatre were masks. In ancient Greek drama, all the actors were men. They wore masks to indicate the character that they were playing (e.g. woman, old man) or the emotion that they were showing (e.g. anger, sadness, joy). Year 7 students were invited to take part in a mask making competition, they were asked to make a mask that represented a god or goddess of their choice. We had some brilliant entries.

Congratulations to:

Joint first place: Poppy and Freya in 7A and Grace in 7J

Second place: Annalyse in 7J

Third place: Emily 7F