Drama and Theatre Studies

Course summary

Drama offers you the chance to extend your GCSE knowledge and explore the subject through developing a more analytical approach to your practical performances as well as developing your ability to understand different theatrical genres in more detail. You should follow the course if you enjoy the following: • Practical and performance work, working independently and in groups. • Devising creative performance work in a variety of different styles and genres. • Exploring script-based work and performing to an audience. • Analysing the historical, political, and cultural aspects of plays and playwrights. • Watching and reviewing live theatre and understanding and analyzing theatre practitioners in devised and scripted work. • Reflecting and evaluating your own and other students' work. The course encourages imaginative and critical thinking and develops your skills in performance. It is a course that gives confidence and communication skills, as well as prepares you academically for a literature-style written exam. The course is designed to provide you with a broad understanding of theatre and a variety of playwrights and genres. Class discussion will give you an understanding of the theory, but you will also regularly be putting the theory into practice by doing practical performances of the different styles.