Do you have an interest in how plays are brought to life in performance? Do you enjoy performing, designing and watching theatre?…
Drama & Theatre (Pearson/Edexcel)
Do you have an interest in how plays are brought to life in performance? Do you enjoy performing, designing and watching theatre?
Theatre has been a part of human life for thousands of years. In following this course you will gain a deeper understanding of how theatre works.
You will have the opportunities to be a performer, designer and an active audience member. This course allows you to develop both acting and design skills – you do not have to act in a play for assessment.
Creating a devised performance, including:
• exploring an extract from a text in light of a practitioner
• using this exploration to create ideas for a devised piece
• working collaboratively to develop these ideas
• analysing and evaluating the development process and their contribution to it
• analysing and evaluating their performance
• recording their process in a portfolio.
Component 2: Text in Performance 20%. Assessed by Visiting Examiner
Taking part in two extract performance from two different texts, one a monologue or duologue and the other a group piece (free choice of texts), including:
• developing performance and/or design skills
• understanding the context of the extracts within the text
• articulating their intention for the character they are performing or the design they have created
• communicating their intention in performance.
Component 3: Theatre Makers in Practice 40%. Written exam 2 hours 30 minutes
Practical exploration of a set text, including:
• understanding of style, genre, structure, form
• interpretation of characters
• consideration of staging, including lighting, set and sound
• consideration of costume and make up
• understanding of social, historical and cultural context
• how meaning is communicated to an audience.
Re-imagining of a set text for a contemporary audience in light of a practitioner, including:
• exploring the work of a practitioner and considering how that would affect their re-imagined production
• interpretation of characters and understanding of style, genre, structure and form
• consideration of staging, including lighting, set and sound and costume
• understanding of social, historical and cultural context
• how meaning is communicated to an audience.
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Your Future:
Many universities offer courses linked to this A level. Theatre Studies is the most obvious, but the wide-reaching benefits of the subject make it a highly desirable A level for many other courses. Pathways include; working in the performance industry, in media, such as radio, television, journalism, or any communications based courses.
Drama & Theatre (Pearson/Edexcel)