A Level Drama

Assessment

Component 1: devising – 40% of A Level Students are required to devise a piece of theatre inspired by a stimulus set by the centre. This unit is divided into two parts: performance and a documented portfolio of process. Component 2: text in performance – 20% of A Level A group performance/design realisation of a key extract from a performance text and a monologue/duologue assessed by an external examiner. Component 3: theatre makers in practice (written examination) – 40% of A Level A two-hour thirty-minute examination assessed through three sections: live theatre evaluation, page to stage (realising a performance text) and interpreting a performance text.