This course provides a balance of practical performing and continuing study, and reading, analyzing and acting from recognised texts. You will participate in practical workshops and visit the theatre to see a range of contemporary and traditional performances. You will also devise original performances from creative group improvisation. There are opportunities for students who wish to focus on technical options such as costume, set, lighting or sound design in performance exams. This course will be taught in a group with a teacher. You will be expected to make an active contribution to whatever you are working on, whether it be a group-based or solo-based piece of work: assignments will include both written and practical work. Students will be expected to participate in class discussions, trips to the theatre and practical workshops. As well as performing in your role, you will be asked to record and analyze your thoughts on other people’s performances, both in journal and note form. Actors, directors, designers, and other production team members will be considered and International theatre practitioners will also be a focus. Good Drama and Theatre students find the course challenging because it involves them in something that is both creative and academically rigorous.
Six GCSEs grade 9–4 including English Language (must include at least two GCSEs at 5 or above for A-Level courses). It is desirable to have studied Drama, Performing Arts or Dance at GCSE or BTEC level although in some cases where the subject has not been offered at School, extensive current experience of practical performance work in Theatre or Dance may qualify. This will be established on interview.
Component 1: Theatre Workshop (20% of qualification) You will produce a performance based on a set text and using the focus of a theatre practitioner or a contemporary theatre company. This will be internally assessed by your teacher and externally moderated. A written creative log will support this performance work. Component 2: Text in Action (40% of qualification) You will perform 2 pieces of theatre based on a stimulus supplied by WQE; a devised piece using the techniques and working methods of either an influential theatre practitioner or a recognized theatre company (different to Component 1) and an extract from a text in a contrasting style. These performances will be externally assessed by a visiting examiner. Component 3: Text in Performance (40% of qualification) This is a written examination based on two set texts, there is a third ‘closed book’ section with a series of questions based on an extract from a prepared text.
About Education Provider
| Region | East Midlands |
| Local Authority | Leicester |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RJ |
This course provides a balance of practical performing and continuing study, and reading, analyzing and acting from recognised texts. You will participate in practical workshops and visit the theatre to see a range of contemporary and traditional performances. You will also devise original performances from creative group improvisation. There are opportunities for students who wish to focus on technical options such as costume, set, lighting or sound design in performance exams. This course will be taught in a group with a teacher. You will be expected to make an active contribution to whatever you are working on, whether it be a group-based or solo-based piece of work: assignments will include both written and practical work. Students will be expected to participate in class discussions, trips to the theatre and practical workshops. As well as performing in your role, you will be asked to record and analyze your thoughts on other people’s performances, both in journal and note form. Actors, directors, designers, and other production team members will be considered and International theatre practitioners will also be a focus. Good Drama and Theatre students find the course challenging because it involves them in something that is both creative and academically rigorous.
Six GCSEs grade 9–4 including English Language (must include at least two GCSEs at 5 or above for A-Level courses). It is desirable to have studied Drama, Performing Arts or Dance at GCSE or BTEC level although in some cases where the subject has not been offered at School, extensive current experience of practical performance work in Theatre or Dance may qualify. This will be established on interview.
Component 1: Theatre Workshop (20% of qualification) You will produce a performance based on a set text and using the focus of a theatre practitioner or a contemporary theatre company. This will be internally assessed by your teacher and externally moderated. A written creative log will support this performance work. Component 2: Text in Action (40% of qualification) You will perform 2 pieces of theatre based on a stimulus supplied by WQE; a devised piece using the techniques and working methods of either an influential theatre practitioner or a recognized theatre company (different to Component 1) and an extract from a text in a contrasting style. These performances will be externally assessed by a visiting examiner. Component 3: Text in Performance (40% of qualification) This is a written examination based on two set texts, there is a third ‘closed book’ section with a series of questions based on an extract from a prepared text.