Drama & Theatre aims to promote enjoyment and interest in drama and theatre both as a participant and as an informed member of an audience. The A level subject extends the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to communicate through drama and theatre, and develops an understanding and appreciation of the significance of social, cultural and historical influences on the development of drama and theatre. The pupil experiences a range of opportunities to develop a variety of dramatic and theatrical skills, enabling pupils to grow creatively and imaginatively in both devised and scripted work and provides a worthwhile and complete course of study that broadens experience, develops imagination, fosters creativity and promotes personal and social development through the exploration of drama.

Summary of Assessment

Component 1: Theatre Workshop

• Learners will be assessed on either acting or design
• Learners participate in the creation, development and performance of a piece of theatre based on a reinterpretation of an extract from a text chosen from a list supplied by Eduquas
• The piece must be developed using the techniques and working methods of either an influential theatre practitioner or a recognised theatre company

Component 2: Text in Action

• Learners will be assessed on either acting or design
• Learners participate in the creation, development and performance of two pieces of theatre based on a stimulus supplied by Eduquas:
1. A devised piece using the techniques and working methods of either an influential theatre practitioner or a recognised theatre company (a different practitioner or company to that chosen for Component 1)
2. An extract from a text in a contrasting style chosen by the learner

Component 3: Text in Performance

• Two questions, based on two different texts, one written pre-1956 and one written post-1956
• A series of questions based on a specified extract from: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens

Examination Board: EDUQAS
Specification: A level Drama & Theatre

Miss K. Hebden, Head of Drama