Drama and Theatre Studies

Course summary

The A Level Drama and Theatre course requires students to take a practical and academic exploration of Theatre. Students are expected to take part in practical projects and apply practitioner ideas as well as create creative logs and write academically reasoned essays on current theatre practice. There are three components to the course. In Components One and Two you will rehearse and explore text and perform pieces, both script based and devised, to an external examiner and audience. These pieces are supported by written work which outlines your processes of investigation. For Component Three you will undertake a written exam which will focus on three different plays which you will have studied over the two years of the course, looking at staging the plays from the point of view of a director and actor and designer.