Drama and Theatre Studies

Assessment

Component 1: Devising (40%) • Devise an original performance piece. • Use one key extract from a performance text and a theatre practitioner as stimuli. • Centre choice of text and practitioner Component 2: Text in Performance (20%) • A group performance/design realization of one key extract from a performance text. • A monologue or duologue performance/design realization from one key extract from a different performance text. • Centre choice of performance texts Component 3: Theatre Makers in Practice (40%) Written examination: • Live theatre evaluation – choice of performance. • Practical exploration and study of a complete text – focusing on how this can be realized for performance. • Practical exploration and interpretation of another complete performance text, in light of a chosen practitioner – focusing on how this text could be re-imagined for a contemporary audience. • Centre choice of performance texts from two lists. • Choice of eight practitioners.