Drama and Theatre Studies

Course summary

Component 1: Drama and Theatre, 40% of qualification Students will be assessed in a 3 hour written examination. This component is a written examination in which students are assessed on their knowledge and understanding of how drama and theatre is developed and performed (AO3) and on their ability to analyse and evaluate the live theatre work of others (AO4). Students must explore practically two plays (Antigone and Our Country’s Good) throughout the course and participate in live theatre productions/trips to then analyse and evaluate how characters created meaning and communicated intentions to the audience. Component 2: Creating Original Drama, 30% of qualification This is a practical component in which students are assessed on their ability to create and develop ideas to communicate meaning as part of the theatre making process making connections between dramatic theory and practice (AO1) and apply theatrical skills to realise artistic intentions in live performance (AO2). Students will perform their work, live, for Mrs Furness, who acts as the internal examiner. Component 3: Making Theatre, 30% of qualification This is a practical component where students explore and interpret three extracts (Extract 1, 2 and 3), each taken from a different play. The methodology of a prescribed practitioner must be applied to Extract 3 (which is different to Brecht from Component 2). Extract 3 is to be performed as a final assessed piece (students may contribute as performer, designer or director) to a visiting, external examiner.