Drama

Assessment

Component 1: Practitioners in Practice (40% - marked internally, moderated externally) Students explore the work of theatre practitioners practically and use the skills to create their own piece of devised theatre. Component 2: Exploring and Performing Texts (20% - marked by a visiting examiner) Students explore one performance text in its entirety and perform part of the text, apply the relevant skills to communicate the meaning of the text to an audience. Component 3: Analysing Performance (20% - written examination) Students practically explore two performance texts from the theme ‘Family Dynamics’. In the examination, students write about how these texts can be rehearsed and interpreted in performance, drawing upon their practical exploration. Text 1: Live Like Pigs by John Arden Text 2: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg by Peter Nichols Students also analyse and evaluate a live theatre performance, therefore, throughout the A Level course, there will be various opportunities to see live performances. Component 4: Deconstructing Texts for Performance (20% - written examination) Students will interpret and practically explore a performance text, considering how to create, develop and direct a performance for an audience. Text: Antigone adapted by Jean Anouilh