This is an exciting, practical course that marries both performance work and rigorous academic study. Whether you want to perform in productions or design them, you need to be a good team worker and have the confidence to experiment independently with your ideas. The new linear A Level course will test your ability to produce creative, high-quality performance work, as well as enable you to immerse yourself in the study of practitioners, styles and genres of performance throughout history through set texts. This course will give you great transferable skills that will enable you to sell yourself effectively at interviews, have confidence in front of an audience and learn teamwork, project management and analysis skills. The lessons will be a mixture of practical exploration, research and written analysis. Regular theatre visits are also an obligatory part of the course. Compulsory after-school rehearsals and workshops with guest professionals are a feature of this course, and students need to make this commitment. Students will also need to develop a specific way of approaching the written element of this examination as it differs from English Literature.
Current South Hampstead pupils transferring to the Sixth Form must achieve a minimum of six GCSE grades at grade 7 or equivalent, and at least a grade 5 in both Mathematics and English Language. Individual requirements are set for different subjects, with some requiring at least a grade 8 or equivalent. For external candidates, places are offered based on the result of the entrance examinations, interviews and projected GCSE grades. Offers are conditional on achieving the required standard, with specific conditions outlined in individual offer letters. The expected standard is high – offers are usually made on the condition of\ candidates achieving at least seven GCSEs at grade 8 or equivalent, including in your chosen subjects.
Component 1 – Theatre Workshop: Creative Adaptation (internally assessed, externally moderated – 20%) In this unit you can choose to be assessed as either a designer or a performer. You will participate in the creation, development and performance of a piece of theatre based on a reinterpretation of an extract from a play. The piece is developed using the techniques and working methods of either an influential theatre practitioner or a theatre company. You are assessed through your final realisation of the piece in performance and a creative log. Component 2 – Text In Action (externally assessed by visiting examiner – 40%) You have the choice again to be assessed as either a performer or designer. In this unit, you will develop two linked pieces of theatre based on a stimulus provided by Eduqas. One will be an originally devised piece drawing on the ideas and working methods of a theatre practitioner or theatre company that contrast with those studied for Component 1. The second is the performance of an extract from a scripted play that complements the theme of the devised piece, but which is in a contrasting style. An external examiner will visit to assess the final realisations. Design students will also give a 5-10 minute presentation about their process. This is followed, for all students, by a process and evaluation written report completed within one week of the practical exam. Component 3 – Text In Performance (externally assessed written exam – 40%) This will be a written 2 hour and 30-minute exam based on two set texts, one pre1956 and one post-1956, that you will have practically performed and explored during the course, explaining how you would stage them (open book). There will also be an extract-based question on a pre-released extract from “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” that will synoptically test your ability to interpret text and context through performance choices (closed book).
About Education Provider
| Region | London |
| Local Authority | Camden |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Girls |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | £22,764 |
| Address | 3 Maresfield Gardens, London, NW3 5SS |
This is an exciting, practical course that marries both performance work and rigorous academic study. Whether you want to perform in productions or design them, you need to be a good team worker and have the confidence to experiment independently with your ideas. The new linear A Level course will test your ability to produce creative, high-quality performance work, as well as enable you to immerse yourself in the study of practitioners, styles and genres of performance throughout history through set texts. This course will give you great transferable skills that will enable you to sell yourself effectively at interviews, have confidence in front of an audience and learn teamwork, project management and analysis skills. The lessons will be a mixture of practical exploration, research and written analysis. Regular theatre visits are also an obligatory part of the course. Compulsory after-school rehearsals and workshops with guest professionals are a feature of this course, and students need to make this commitment. Students will also need to develop a specific way of approaching the written element of this examination as it differs from English Literature.
Current South Hampstead pupils transferring to the Sixth Form must achieve a minimum of six GCSE grades at grade 7 or equivalent, and at least a grade 5 in both Mathematics and English Language. Individual requirements are set for different subjects, with some requiring at least a grade 8 or equivalent. For external candidates, places are offered based on the result of the entrance examinations, interviews and projected GCSE grades. Offers are conditional on achieving the required standard, with specific conditions outlined in individual offer letters. The expected standard is high – offers are usually made on the condition of\ candidates achieving at least seven GCSEs at grade 8 or equivalent, including in your chosen subjects.
Component 1 – Theatre Workshop: Creative Adaptation (internally assessed, externally moderated – 20%) In this unit you can choose to be assessed as either a designer or a performer. You will participate in the creation, development and performance of a piece of theatre based on a reinterpretation of an extract from a play. The piece is developed using the techniques and working methods of either an influential theatre practitioner or a theatre company. You are assessed through your final realisation of the piece in performance and a creative log. Component 2 – Text In Action (externally assessed by visiting examiner – 40%) You have the choice again to be assessed as either a performer or designer. In this unit, you will develop two linked pieces of theatre based on a stimulus provided by Eduqas. One will be an originally devised piece drawing on the ideas and working methods of a theatre practitioner or theatre company that contrast with those studied for Component 1. The second is the performance of an extract from a scripted play that complements the theme of the devised piece, but which is in a contrasting style. An external examiner will visit to assess the final realisations. Design students will also give a 5-10 minute presentation about their process. This is followed, for all students, by a process and evaluation written report completed within one week of the practical exam. Component 3 – Text In Performance (externally assessed written exam – 40%) This will be a written 2 hour and 30-minute exam based on two set texts, one pre1956 and one post-1956, that you will have practically performed and explored during the course, explaining how you would stage them (open book). There will also be an extract-based question on a pre-released extract from “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” that will synoptically test your ability to interpret text and context through performance choices (closed book).
