DraMA

Welcome to Inverkeithing High School’s Drama department!

In our department we look at exploring all elements of the performing arts and give learners the opportunities to develop and explore their individual talents and skills.

We encourage our pupils to take positive risks in their acting and character development tasks to build confidence and develop a range of practical acting abilities. As well as acting and performance we also give learners the opportunity to explore production elements of theatre such as lighting, sound, costume, make-up, set and props design. This ensures a rich learning experience in which all talents and creative abilities are explored through a range of practical and theoretical tasks. We have high expectations of our learners and strive to give them a challenging and enjoyable learning experience. Our department’s passion for learning is reflected in our high subject uptake year on year and in our learners’ excellent record of attainment in their SQA exams.

STAFF LIST

Miss Russell

Miss Russell joined the IHS Drama Department in 2009. Miss Russell completed an honours degree in Drama & Theatre Arts at Queen Margaret University and trained to become a secondary Drama teacher at Edinburgh University. Miss Russell was previously a pupil at Inverkeithing High School and took Drama all the way to Advanced Higher level in S6. It was the passion, commitment, creativity and academic challenge of this subject that allowed Miss Russell to know she wanted to become a Drama teacher and work here at IHS. Miss Russell is also an SQA visiting assessor and exam marker for Drama. One of Miss Russell’s favourite aspects of her role is the evening performances that we put on and the commitment shown by pupils in the IHS Drama department.

Mrs Rendall

Mrs Rendall joined the IHS team in October 2017. Mrs Rendall studied theatre at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance, Sidcup and SFASU, Texas. After working in the theatre industry after graduation, Mrs Rendall then went on to Aberdeen University to become a drama teacher. Mrs Rendall was inspired to be a drama teacher because of the positive experience she had in the department in her high school years. She hopes that the young people who come through the department’s doors will feel as happy, creative and passionate as she always did.

Miss McBride

Miss McBride joined the IHS drama team in August 2019. Miss McBride has studied drama in a range of mediums and throughout many institutions starting with Edinburgh’s Telford College, progressing to Queen Margaret University, and then on to Edinburgh University where she studied to become a teacher. Miss McBride decided to become a drama teacher so that she could share her passion for all things drama and performance, and in the hope that drama could change and shape the lives of young people in the same way that it had for her.