Drama and Theatre

WHY SHOULD I STUDY A-LEVEL DRAMA AND THEATRE?

This course will equip you with a wide range of key skills, enabling you to perform more successfully in any context. You will develop your understanding of research, of how texts work and how performances are planned, organised and staged. You will learn how to liberate your imagination and harness your creative powers, and gain the confidence to express yourself as a writer, performer, director or designer.

WHAT WILL I LEARN ABOUT?

This highly practical course provides you with the opportunity to work as either performers and / or designers on three different performances.

In Component 1 you reinterpret a text to create a piece of theatre which is a combination of the selected text and original ideas.

In Component 2 you engage with a stimulus to create two contrasting pieces of theatre: one an interpretation of a text of their own choice and the other a devised piece. Both Components 1 and 2 are designed to encourage you to make connections between dramatic theory and your own practice. While preparing your practical work, you will explore the work of two theatre practitioners (individuals or companies) of your own choice and then apply their research to their performances or designs.

In Component 3, you will explore, analyse and interpret three performance texts as an actor, designer and director.

HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED?

You will be undertaking the WJEC Eduqas A Level in Drama and Theatre. The course is divided into 3 Components: 

• COMPONENT 1: Theatre Workshop. Non-Examined Assessment, worth 20% of the A Level.
• COMPONENT 2: Text in Action. Non-Examined Assessment, worth 40% of the A Level.
• COMPONENT 3: Text in Performance. Written examination worth 40% of the A Level.

WHAT SKILLS WILL I DEVELOP?

You will develop your skills in: research, communication, teamwork, presentation, personal organisation and planning, creativity, and the analysis of texts.

WHERE COULD THIS SUBJECT TAKE ME IN THE FUTURE?

Many students choose to study Drama or Theatre at university. This course will also provide students not wishing to study Drama in higher education with a solid platform to develop key skills for industry and the workplace, including: research, teamwork, public speaking and analytical skills.

Exam Board: Eduqas | Course Code: A690QS