Drama and Theatre Studies

Assessment

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.