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Greek Theatre Assessment task:

You are to work in two groups for a performance of the extract from Zigger Zagger by Peter Terson.

In this tale of 1960s tribalism, follow Harry (Zigger Zagger), a passionate fan of his local football team, torn between
the life of drink and violence which football hooliganism offers and the prospect of a stable future.

Each group will have the use of a single drum and up to 3 masks chosen from the Trestle mask box.

Task:
 Working in larger groups, you are to present the opening of Zigger Zagger considering the elements
of Greek theatre.

 One person should play Zigger and the others, the Chorus.
o (How can you demonstrate that you are at a football match and capture that passion and
excitement for the game? Which key skills will be required to work successfully in a large
group?)

 You should look to build in the following to your work:

o Chorus work – vocal and physical. Using the chanting sections, look to play with choral
techniques to present this in a more interesting way than simply reciting it. Decide which
lines to repeat/cannon/whisper/shout/alter tone etc

o Ritual – think about the work we did with our interpretation of traditional rituals and
include ritualised movement as part of your football supporters crowd. You can include the
drum beat here.

o Masks - up to 3 people to make use of the masks during the performance. You should not
be masked throughout the section – choose when to put them on and how to use them to
add to the drama of the piece. CONSIDER THE RULES OF MASK USE CAREFULLY SO AS TO
MAKE THESE AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE.

Process:
1.) Read the piece through a couple of times and discuss your ideas for how to make use of chorus,
ritual and mask.
2.) Break the piece into smaller episodes and rehearse in turn.
3.) Refine your work – make sure it is well-rehearsed.
4.) Ensure everyone is engaged in the process.
5.) Be very familiar with the text so as to not be over reliant on the scripts
6.) Create staging that is appropriate to the task and rehearse with an awareness of audience when
staging your ideas.
7.) Present to the class and feedback on WWW/EBI re use of Greek Theatre techniques and the success
of the drama in engaging an audience.
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ZIGGER ZAGGER
By Peter Terson

An extract from Act I, Scene i.

At a football match.

ALL: (They sing:) = Me

We all live at the back of city end,
the back of city end,
the back of city end.
We all live at the back of city end, = ALL
the back of city end,
AB- back of city end.

CROWD: Goal! (EG and TR look angry and upset in the crowd)

(Maya) ZIGGER: I am –

CROWD: Zigger(slow) Zagger(fast).

(Maya) ZIGGER: Leader of the football fans. Listen to them sing. Listen to them
spur the team on.

CROWD: Up, boys, up. (practice next lesson)

(They sing:)
City, city,
city, city,
we’ll support you ever more.
We’ll support you e-ver more.

(Maya) ZIGGER: I lead them. A dense mass of red and white.

CROWD: (They clap a rhythm: da-da-dadada-dadadada) Ci-ty!(say after

claping) (practice next lesson)

(Maya) ZIGGER: When our team comes out, they know I’m there. And I lead
the chorus. If their men play dirty then we go for them.

CROWD: Off, off, off, off, off! (They cheer.)

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(They sing:)
You’re not singing, = maya izzy and a.b
you’re not singing,
you’re not singing anymore. = izzy and a.b
You’re not singing an-y-more.

(Maya) ZIGGER: And we lead our team on to victory.

Ugy ugy ugy.
CROWD: Oi oi oi.

(Maya) ZIGGER: Ugy ugy ugy.

CROWD: Oi oi oi.

(Maya) ZIGGER: Ugy.

CROWD: Oi.

(Maya) ZIGGER: Ugy.

CROWD: Oi.

(Maya) ZIGGER: Ugy ugy ugy.

CROWD: Oi oi oi.

(Maya) ZIGGER: Full time and we’ve made it. When that final whistle goes
and we’ve won. That’s triumph.

CROWD: (They cheer.)

(They sing:)
We all live at the back of city end,
the back of city end,
the back of city end.
We all live at the back of city end,
the back of city end,
the back of city end.
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Year 7 Drama Assessment Task – ‘Greek Theatre (Genre, Form & Style)

 The purposes of the assessment is to see how well you have understood GREEK THEATRE and are able to
show your understanding by using a range of Drama skills, devices & techniques that we have worked on.
 You will also be asked to fill out a self-evaluation sheet.
 The following shows you which areas are being assessed in order to award you your final grading.

Criteria for assessment Level

 Demonstrates an excellent ability to concentrate and co-operate in a range of

drama activities, showing first-rate self-discipline.
 Demonstrates a very mature approach to both group and individual work.
 Demonstrates an excellent ability to communicate ideas in whole class, group and
pair work situation.
 Demonstrates an excellent ability to show thorough understanding of GREEK 9, 8, 7
THEATRE through excellent inclusion and use of: Chorus, Ritual and Masks.
 Demonstrates excellent ability to reflect upon and evaluate drama work created,
both orally and in writing.
 Demonstrates a good ability to concentrate and co-operate in a range of drama
activities, showing good self-discipline.
 Demonstrates a mature approach to both group and individual work.
 Demonstrates a good ability to communicate ideas in whole class, group and pair
work situation.
 Demonstrates a good ability to show clear understanding of GREEK THEATRE
through useful inclusion and use of: Chorus, Ritual and Masks.
 Demonstrates good ability to reflect upon and evaluate drama work created, both 6, 5,
orally and in writing.
 Demonstrates a satisfactory ability to concentrate and co-operate in a range of
drama activities, showing growing self-discipline.
 Demonstrates a generally mature approach to both group and individual work.
 Demonstrates a satisfactory ability to communicate ideas in whole class, group and
pair work situation.
 Demonstrates a satisfactory ability to show reasonable understanding of GREEK 4, 3
THEATRE through reasonable inclusion and use of: Chorus, Ritual and Masks.
 Demonstrates a growing ability to reflect upon drama work created, both orally and
in writing.
 Demonstrates unsatisfactory concentration and co-operation in a range of drama
activities, showing a lack of self-discipline.
 Demonstrates an inconsistent approach to group and individual work.
 Demonstrates an unsatisfactory ability to communicate ideas in whole class, group
and pair work situation. (Lack of focus)
 Demonstrates an unsatisfactory ability to show understanding of GREEK THEATRE 2, 1
through poor use of: Chorus, Ritual and Masks.
 Demonstrates an unsatisfactory ability to respond to performance work.
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SELF- ASSESSMENT – GREEK THEATRE

1.) Explain how you used & showed one of features of Greek Theatre in your
performance of Zigger Zagger. You might explain how you included elements of
chorus or ritual or masks and what effect you were trying to create. (5 marks)

We used the masks to show emotions and we divided lines to the

chorus to have solo parts we also had lots of actions.
2.) WWW & EBI: Explain how successful you think your group’s performance was, and
also what improvements you would make if you had the chance to perform again?
Make sure you refer to specific moments from the performance in your explanation.
(5 marks)
I think we used our actions very well and the timing and way we said
the lines was amazing but we had no slow motion so I think next tme
we will work on that