There is a strong practical element throughout this course, which covers playwrights and practitioners, Ancient and Modern. Experience in drama at GCSE is not a necessary prerequisite. Component 1: Devising - students will develop their creative and exploratory skills to devise an original performance. The starting point for this devising process will be an extract from a performance text and an influential theatre practitioner. Students will also write a portfolio evaluating the overall devising process. Component 2: Text in Performance – students prepare and perform two key extracts, each from a different performance text. They can choose to perform a monologue/ duologue or group performance. Students can choose to be assessed as either a performer or a designer. Component 3: Theatre makers in practice –students look at two plays from a performer/designer’s point of view and will reflect on their experience as an informed member of an audience at a live theatre performance, enabling them to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of performance through analysis and evaluation.
- GCSE grade 6 or above in Drama or Performing Arts. - OR a Level 2 qualification at Distinction, A grade or equivalent, in a Performing Arts-related discipline. - Where GCSE Drama & Theatre or a Level 2 qualification in a Performing Arts-related discipline has not been studied, you must have obtained a grade 6 or above in GCSE English Language.
Component 1: This section of the course is internally assessed and externally moderated. It is worth 40%. Component 2: Performances are assessed externally by a visiting examiner and are worth 20%. Component 3: This section of the course is assessed through an end-of-year examination, where students answer a range of extended response questions. It is worth 40%
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| Region | East Midlands |
| Local Authority | Lincolnshire |
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| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | West Street, Horncastle, LN9 5AD |
There is a strong practical element throughout this course, which covers playwrights and practitioners, Ancient and Modern. Experience in drama at GCSE is not a necessary prerequisite. Component 1: Devising - students will develop their creative and exploratory skills to devise an original performance. The starting point for this devising process will be an extract from a performance text and an influential theatre practitioner. Students will also write a portfolio evaluating the overall devising process. Component 2: Text in Performance – students prepare and perform two key extracts, each from a different performance text. They can choose to perform a monologue/ duologue or group performance. Students can choose to be assessed as either a performer or a designer. Component 3: Theatre makers in practice –students look at two plays from a performer/designer’s point of view and will reflect on their experience as an informed member of an audience at a live theatre performance, enabling them to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of performance through analysis and evaluation.
- GCSE grade 6 or above in Drama or Performing Arts. - OR a Level 2 qualification at Distinction, A grade or equivalent, in a Performing Arts-related discipline. - Where GCSE Drama & Theatre or a Level 2 qualification in a Performing Arts-related discipline has not been studied, you must have obtained a grade 6 or above in GCSE English Language.
Component 1: This section of the course is internally assessed and externally moderated. It is worth 40%. Component 2: Performances are assessed externally by a visiting examiner and are worth 20%. Component 3: This section of the course is assessed through an end-of-year examination, where students answer a range of extended response questions. It is worth 40%