Drama and Theatre Studies

Course summary

This course is for school leaver (Age 16) who wish to study this subject at sixth form. This course will prepare students for their next steps weather that be university or employment based learning. The A level in Drama and Theatre is an exciting and inspiring course which prepares learners for further study in Higher Education. This highly practical specification provides learners with the opportunity to work as either performers and/or designers on three different performances. In Component 1 learners reinterpret a text to create a piece of theatre which is a combination of the selected text and original ideas. In Component 2 learners engage with a stimulus to create two pieces of theatre; one an interpretation of a text of their own choice and the other a devised piece.