Drama and Theatre Studies

Course summary

Component 1: Devising – will form 40% of the final grade. You will devise an original performance piece using one key extract from a performance text and your performance will have a clear theatre practitioner focus. You will then create a portfolio of supporting evidence exploring and contextualising the creative process you and the ensemble followed. The unit is coursework and is completed over the course of year 12 – it is vital students see as much live theatre as possible to help shape their work and ideas. Component 2: Text is Performance – will form 20% of the final grade. All students will perform as part of an ensemble, working on producing a performance from a contemporary text with a clear artistic intention. You will also perform a monologue from a classical text, once again thinking about interpretation and intent. Component 2 is assessed by a visiting external examiner in front of a live audience. Component 3: Theatre Makers in Practice – will form 40% of the final grade. Students complete a written 2 and half hour exam.