Drama and Theatre Studies

Course summary

Component 1: Theatre Workshop - Students will create, develop, and perform a piece of theatre based on a reinterpretation of an extract chosen by the examination board. The piece will use the techniques and working methods of either an influential theatre practitioner or a recognized theatre company. Component 2: Text in Action - Students will create, develop, and perform two pieces of theatre based on a stimulus supplied by the examination board. One will use different techniques and working methods of either an influential theatre practitioner or a recognized theatre company (as chosen in Component 1) and one will use an extract from a text in a different style chosen by the student. Component 3: Text in Performance - Students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of two different texts, one written pre-1956 and one written post-1956. They will also be required to answer questions on a specified extract from ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime’, Mark Hadden, adapted by Simon Stephens.