Drama and Theatre Studies

Course summary

This course is for anyone move on toing from GCSE with a keen interest in acting, directing and performing. It would suit you if you enjoy watching live drama and have a passion to create theatre yourself. You may be choosing this course because you're interested in working in the theatre or aiming to study drama or performing arts at university, though it will provide you with a range of transferable skills including creativity, communication and teamwork that can be used in a variety of careers. This course compliments other arts and humanities subjects such as English language, English literature and history. You'll study two complete performance texts and two different influential theatre practitioners (individuals or companies) from either the performer or designer perspective. You'll visit theatre performances, analysing and critically deconstructing the work you study as well as using it as inspiration for your own creativity. You'll be able to experiment with your own ideas, devising your own original work as well as performing scripted works. You will have the opportunity to learn specialist skills for acting, directing and / or theatre design specialisms including costume, lighting, set or sound design.