Drama and Theatre Studies

Course summary

The A Level Drama and Theatre Studies course offers you the opportunity to extend and develop skills, knowledge and understanding as a performer, designer, director and an informed audience member. Assessment: The course is divided into three components as follows: 1. Devising, 40% – the students devise a piece and perform it; they record their progress in a portfolio. This is assessed internally with external moderation. 2. Text in Performance, 20% – group performance from a text plus a monologue from another text. This is assessed externally. 3. Theatre Makers in Practice, 40% Exam - The exam will be made up of three sections: Section A: Students will evaluate a live theatre performance; Section B: Students will practically explore a set text in order to answer two extended response questions on an extract from it (they will be provided with the extract in the exam); Section C: Students will interpret a performance text, in light of a practitioner, for a contemporary audience.