Drama and Theatre Studies

Course summary

Our A-level Drama and Theatre offers students the opportunity to explore drama as a practical art form, in which ideas and meaning are communicated to an audience through choices of form, style and convention. • Create, perform and respond to drama and theatre. • Develop the creativity and independence to become effective theatre makers. • Explore the relationship between theory and practice in a range of theatrical styles and periods and historical, social and cultural contexts. • Learn how relevant research, independent thought and analysis of live theatre production can inform decision making in their practical work and put this understanding into practice. • Experience the ways in which theatre makers collaborate to create theatre.