Take your interest and enthusiasm for drama to a deeper and more creative level. Develop performance skills through being directed, devising your own performances, and directing your own interpretations of key texts. Extend your knowledge of theatre by exploring a variety of plays that adopt different genres and writing styles. Visit professional performances and become an informed member of the audience by analyzing and understanding key influences on theatre today. By exploring the work of key theatre companies and practitioners such as Frantic Assembly, Katie Mitchell, and Punchdrunk, you will look at new ways to create and perform drama. Throughout the course, you will approach the theory and practical creation of drama from the perspectives of an actor, director, designer, and theatre critic. As a result, this course prepares you as a performer, and a creative practitioner and offers a wide choice of future opportunities. WHAT WILL I STUDY An introduction to theatre practitioners and companies, applying new learning to the creation and performance of dramatic work. Component 1: Devising and performing an original piece of theatre inspired by a key extract from a play text. Ideas are created in the light of a key theatre practitioner. Practical performance and portfolio assessment. Component 2: Performance of one monologue from a published play text and group performance from a different play text, directed by your teachers. Component 3: Analysis of Live Theatre seen during the final year of the course. Study of a contemporary play text in the light of an actor and theatre designer. Study of a classical Greek tragedy, exploring the original performance conditions and producing a directorial concept inspired by a theatre practitioner.
To study A Levels you will need to have achieved 5 grade 5s or better at GCSE (as well as achieving at least grade 4 in GCSE English and mathematics). Standard entry requirements. It is useful to have taken GCSE drama and to have previous performance experience
You will be assessed through a combination of practical work, performance examination, written coursework and final examination. Component 1 80 marks. Performance and written portfolio / Internally assessed and externally moderated. 40% of the total mark. Component 2 60 marks. 36 marks for group performance / 24 marks for monologue. 20% of the total mark. Component 2 80 marks. 2 hour 30 minutes written paper. 40% of the total mark.
About Education Provider
| Region | North East |
| Local Authority | Middlesbrough |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Stockton Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 4AG |
Take your interest and enthusiasm for drama to a deeper and more creative level. Develop performance skills through being directed, devising your own performances, and directing your own interpretations of key texts. Extend your knowledge of theatre by exploring a variety of plays that adopt different genres and writing styles. Visit professional performances and become an informed member of the audience by analyzing and understanding key influences on theatre today. By exploring the work of key theatre companies and practitioners such as Frantic Assembly, Katie Mitchell, and Punchdrunk, you will look at new ways to create and perform drama. Throughout the course, you will approach the theory and practical creation of drama from the perspectives of an actor, director, designer, and theatre critic. As a result, this course prepares you as a performer, and a creative practitioner and offers a wide choice of future opportunities. WHAT WILL I STUDY An introduction to theatre practitioners and companies, applying new learning to the creation and performance of dramatic work. Component 1: Devising and performing an original piece of theatre inspired by a key extract from a play text. Ideas are created in the light of a key theatre practitioner. Practical performance and portfolio assessment. Component 2: Performance of one monologue from a published play text and group performance from a different play text, directed by your teachers. Component 3: Analysis of Live Theatre seen during the final year of the course. Study of a contemporary play text in the light of an actor and theatre designer. Study of a classical Greek tragedy, exploring the original performance conditions and producing a directorial concept inspired by a theatre practitioner.
To study A Levels you will need to have achieved 5 grade 5s or better at GCSE (as well as achieving at least grade 4 in GCSE English and mathematics). Standard entry requirements. It is useful to have taken GCSE drama and to have previous performance experience
You will be assessed through a combination of practical work, performance examination, written coursework and final examination. Component 1 80 marks. Performance and written portfolio / Internally assessed and externally moderated. 40% of the total mark. Component 2 60 marks. 36 marks for group performance / 24 marks for monologue. 20% of the total mark. Component 2 80 marks. 2 hour 30 minutes written paper. 40% of the total mark.