Drama and Theatre Studies places demands on a diversity of skills, both academic and practical. It is an academic course that covers a range of practical and theoretical aspects of theatre. The course offers a practical and challenging course of study, encouraging learners to develop and apply an informed, analytical framework for making, performing, interpreting and understanding drama and theatre. They will develop an understanding and appreciation of how the social, cultural and historical contexts of performance texts have influenced the development of drama and theatre as well as looking at the practices used in 21st century theatre making. There will be a range of opportunities to create theatre, both published text-based and devised work. The course is divided into three areas: Theatre Workshop, where learners participate in the creation, development and performance of a reinterpretation of an extract from a text, using the working methods and techniques of either an influential theatre practitioner or a recognised theatre company. Text in Action: Learners participate in the creation, development and performance of one devised piece using the working methods and techniques of a second different influential theatre practitioner or recognised theatre company and one extract from a text in a contrasting style to the devised performance. Text in Performance: Learners explore two complete performance texts from different historical periods and one extract from a third contrasting text.