Drama and Theatre Studies

Course summary

Component One: Students are asked to study a play text and then devise their own piece of theatre using this text as a stimulus. For example, students could take a theme, the narrative or a moral within the text and develop this into their own piece of work. The work that they produce must be in the style of a chosen practitioner. They will also submit a portfolio of written evidence detailing the process as it happens. Design options are also available in this unit. Component Two: Students will study two texts and perform these for an external examiner. One of the performances is either a monologue or a duologue and the other performance asks students to perform an extract as part of a group. Design options are also available in this unit. Component Three: At the end of the Upper Sixth, students will sit a written examination. This will consist of the study and exploration of two play texts in relation to their historical context and an evaluation of a live performance.