Drama improves your concentration, cultural knowledge, confidence, creativity, communication and collaboration – these are all important life skills which will serve you well as you move on to university study and your career. This is an active and thought-provoking subject which encourages you to think “outside the box” and to use your voice and movement skills to convey meaning. In addition to these practical skills, the A Level course develops your written communication and essay-writing skills and your ability to research and evaluate. In each unit, you are required to reflect and analyse in written format, in a reporting style, as well as to offer and justify opinions. We encourage autonomous learning, including research outside lessons and independent study on the topics we are covering in lessons – students are also expected to rehearse in their own time A workshop-based, active approach is used for most lessons. This is similar to the approach used at the university level, where independent thought and research are key to success. Most lessons are practical in the first year of the course – lessons are fast-paced and there will be a variety of tasks within any session. As far as possible, within the confines of the course structure, we try to treat students as professional training actors, designers and directors and all students take turns to lead lessons, directing their peers and developing leadership skills. The two-year course includes: • Practical exploration of character, text and the skills needed to create original performance work • An exciting Theatre Arts unit, where sound, costume lighting and set design are taught • The study of plays, key points in theatre history and theatre practitioners, including units on Ancient Greek Theatre, Elizabethan Theatre, Kneehigh, Frantic Assembly, ‘Equus’ by Peter Shaffer, and ‘The Tempest’ by William Shakespeare. • Performing solo and group work • Developing knowledge of the social, political, historical and cultural context of plays and playwrights (for\ example, the study of anti-psychiatry, normality, 1970s politics and worship as part of their study of ‘Equus’) • Improving characterisation skills • Devising original performances • Evaluating live theatre
In general, a 7 at GCSE is the minimum grade you will need to achieve in a subject to be able to study it at Emanuel at A level. Additionally, if you wish to study Mathematics or Physics at A level you will need at least an 8 at GCSE, and those studying Physics at A level must also be studying A level Mathematics. In addition, we require the average grade criteria to be met. This standard indicates that a pupil will be able to study independently, and can successfully access the very much more challenging material presented by the A-level courses.
COMPONENT ONE: Devising (20%) Students work in a small group (from a stimulus title) to create a piece of original performance in a set style. Students are marked on their contribution to the devising and rehearsal process as well as on their acting in the final performance. Students are expected to keep a logbook of the devising process and this is written up into a 3000-word reflective document incorporating their research, development of ideas, performance reflection and evaluation. COMPONENT TWO: Text in Performance (20%) Students undertake a role within a production of a play, directed by their teacher. Students will also prepare a monologue OR a duologue. The production and solo pieces are assessed by a visiting examiner. COMPONENT THREE: Theatre Makers in Practice This unit is divided into three sections that are taught practically but examined in a formal written examination: • Section A is a live theatre review. Students see a contemporary production, complete notes on this
About Education Provider
| Region | London |
| Local Authority | Wandsworth |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | £23,061 |
| Address | Battersea Rise, London, SW11 1HS |
Drama improves your concentration, cultural knowledge, confidence, creativity, communication and collaboration – these are all important life skills which will serve you well as you move on to university study and your career. This is an active and thought-provoking subject which encourages you to think “outside the box” and to use your voice and movement skills to convey meaning. In addition to these practical skills, the A Level course develops your written communication and essay-writing skills and your ability to research and evaluate. In each unit, you are required to reflect and analyse in written format, in a reporting style, as well as to offer and justify opinions. We encourage autonomous learning, including research outside lessons and independent study on the topics we are covering in lessons – students are also expected to rehearse in their own time A workshop-based, active approach is used for most lessons. This is similar to the approach used at the university level, where independent thought and research are key to success. Most lessons are practical in the first year of the course – lessons are fast-paced and there will be a variety of tasks within any session. As far as possible, within the confines of the course structure, we try to treat students as professional training actors, designers and directors and all students take turns to lead lessons, directing their peers and developing leadership skills. The two-year course includes: • Practical exploration of character, text and the skills needed to create original performance work • An exciting Theatre Arts unit, where sound, costume lighting and set design are taught • The study of plays, key points in theatre history and theatre practitioners, including units on Ancient Greek Theatre, Elizabethan Theatre, Kneehigh, Frantic Assembly, ‘Equus’ by Peter Shaffer, and ‘The Tempest’ by William Shakespeare. • Performing solo and group work • Developing knowledge of the social, political, historical and cultural context of plays and playwrights (for\ example, the study of anti-psychiatry, normality, 1970s politics and worship as part of their study of ‘Equus’) • Improving characterisation skills • Devising original performances • Evaluating live theatre
In general, a 7 at GCSE is the minimum grade you will need to achieve in a subject to be able to study it at Emanuel at A level. Additionally, if you wish to study Mathematics or Physics at A level you will need at least an 8 at GCSE, and those studying Physics at A level must also be studying A level Mathematics. In addition, we require the average grade criteria to be met. This standard indicates that a pupil will be able to study independently, and can successfully access the very much more challenging material presented by the A-level courses.
COMPONENT ONE: Devising (20%) Students work in a small group (from a stimulus title) to create a piece of original performance in a set style. Students are marked on their contribution to the devising and rehearsal process as well as on their acting in the final performance. Students are expected to keep a logbook of the devising process and this is written up into a 3000-word reflective document incorporating their research, development of ideas, performance reflection and evaluation. COMPONENT TWO: Text in Performance (20%) Students undertake a role within a production of a play, directed by their teacher. Students will also prepare a monologue OR a duologue. The production and solo pieces are assessed by a visiting examiner. COMPONENT THREE: Theatre Makers in Practice This unit is divided into three sections that are taught practically but examined in a formal written examination: • Section A is a live theatre review. Students see a contemporary production, complete notes on this