Drama & Performing Arts

Course summary

The WJEC Eduqas A Level in Drama and Theatre is a highly practical specification, designed to promote a balance between both practical theatre making and the theoretical understanding of drama and theatre. The course provides learners with the opportunity to work as either performers and/or designers on three different performances. In Component 1 learners reinterpret a text to create a piece of theatre which is a combination of the selected text and original ideas. In Component 2 learners engage with a stimulus to create two pieces of theatre; one an interpretation of a text of their own choice and the other a devised piece. In Component 3, learners explore two complete performance texts and one extract from a third text. There is an exciting and diverse list of texts to choose from; centres must select one which was written before 1956 and one which was written after 1956. How will students be assessed? Component 1: Theatre Workshop. Non-exam assessment: internally assessed, externally moderated