This course allows students to develop their acting skills, directing and devising skills and to further develop their understanding of the history of theatre, influential practitioners and playwrights. The course is equally practical and academic and students will work in groups for performance units and study of set texts. Students will work individually for reviews of live theatre productions, practitioners and playwrights at work. To complete the course students will be required to sit a written exam on set texts and live performances as well as present practical performance work to an invited audience in both Years 12 and 13.
Students should achieve at least a grade 6 in Drama. Students who have not taken GCSE Drama must have LAMDA or production experience or be able to illustrate commitment to performance outside of College. An audition will be required for entry onto the course without GCSE Drama.
Component 1 Written Paper 40% 180 mins - Section A Set text 1: Drama through the Ages studying “Antigone” and Greek Theatre - Section B Set text 2: 20th & 21st Century Theatre studying Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” - Section C Live Theatre production - Students will need to attend all arranged theatre visits to enable them to review live theatre for this section. Component 2 Practical NEA 30% Creating Original Drama: devising - Students will be required to produce an individual working notebook. - Students will be required to contribute to a final devised, group performance. Component 3 Practical NEA 30% Making Theatre: scripted performance - Students must practically explore (workshop) and interpret three key extracts, each from a different play. - Students must then perform one of the extracts for assessment by a visiting examiner (evening event). - Students must write a reflective report on the creative process of exploring the extracts and an evaluation of the extract for performance.
About Education Provider
| Region | North East |
| Local Authority | Gateshead |
| Ofsted Rating | Outstanding |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | Unknown |
| Address | Consett Road, Lobley Hill, Gateshead, NE11 0AN |
This course allows students to develop their acting skills, directing and devising skills and to further develop their understanding of the history of theatre, influential practitioners and playwrights. The course is equally practical and academic and students will work in groups for performance units and study of set texts. Students will work individually for reviews of live theatre productions, practitioners and playwrights at work. To complete the course students will be required to sit a written exam on set texts and live performances as well as present practical performance work to an invited audience in both Years 12 and 13.
Students should achieve at least a grade 6 in Drama. Students who have not taken GCSE Drama must have LAMDA or production experience or be able to illustrate commitment to performance outside of College. An audition will be required for entry onto the course without GCSE Drama.
Component 1 Written Paper 40% 180 mins - Section A Set text 1: Drama through the Ages studying “Antigone” and Greek Theatre - Section B Set text 2: 20th & 21st Century Theatre studying Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” - Section C Live Theatre production - Students will need to attend all arranged theatre visits to enable them to review live theatre for this section. Component 2 Practical NEA 30% Creating Original Drama: devising - Students will be required to produce an individual working notebook. - Students will be required to contribute to a final devised, group performance. Component 3 Practical NEA 30% Making Theatre: scripted performance - Students must practically explore (workshop) and interpret three key extracts, each from a different play. - Students must then perform one of the extracts for assessment by a visiting examiner (evening event). - Students must write a reflective report on the creative process of exploring the extracts and an evaluation of the extract for performance.