Drama and Theatre Studies

Course summary

The Drama and Theatre course is a mixture of Practical and Theory which can be at times very challenging as we find the balance between taking the theory and putting it into practice. We cover a vast range of areas in relation to theatrical productions. You will analyze and evaluate all aspects of Drama and Theatre including; acting, characterization, directing, Lighting, Sound, Staging, Set, and Costume all while interpreting set texts from different time periods. It is truly an exciting course that prepares you not only for life in the performing arts but also provides you with an arsenal of skills and tools for life and employment in the future. You will have access to the purpose-built Performing Arts department facilities; performance theatre, practice rooms, music recording studio, dance studio, and equipment. The Performing Arts department is a creative hub and our experienced team with current industry experience holds a wealth of knowledge. Component 1: Devising Performance and Portfolio- You will be able to let the creative juices flow and enter a world of imagination, as you devise an original piece of theatre, developed from a stimulus. Along with developing an Actors Journal, to document the process that you have gone through to achieve your own performance. Component 2: Text in Performance- During this component, you will be studying two play texts to later perform extracts, one Group Performance and one Monologue or Duologue. Giving you a taste of performing on stage, in front of a live audience, two completely different forms of play looking at various theatre practitioners and how they shaped the theatrical world that we know today. Component 3: Theatre Makers in Practice- During component 3 you will be assessed in three areas; 1. Evaluating a live theatre performance. 2. Page to the stage, how you would as a theatre maker put on a show; how you would direct it, and which practitioner you would be influenced by. It allows you to have complete creative control of how you would stage a performance. 3. Interpreting a performance text, is where we delve into the history of the theatre and discover new and re-imagined ways of putting on classical theatrical texts for a modern-day audience. Highlighting the conditions they would have originally been performed.