Drama and Theatre Studies

Course summary

There is a strong practical element throughout this course, which covers playwrights and practitioners, Ancient and Modern. Experience in drama at GCSE is not a necessary prerequisite. Component 1: Devising - students will develop their creative and exploratory skills to devise an original performance. The starting point for this devising process will be an extract from a performance text and an influential theatre practitioner. Students will also write a portfolio evaluating the overall devising process. Component 2: Text in Performance – students prepare and perform two key extracts, each from a different performance text. They can choose to perform a monologue/ duologue or group performance. Students can choose to be assessed as either a performer or a designer. Component 3: Theatre makers in practice –students look at two plays from a performer/designer’s point of view and will reflect on their experience as an informed member of an audience at a live theatre performance, enabling them to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of performance through analysis and evaluation.