Component 1: Devising Coursework 40% of the qualification In this component, you will develop your creative and exploratory skills to devise an original performance. The starting point for this devising process will be an extract from a performance text and an influential theatre practitioner. In your creative explorations, you will learn how text can be manipulated to communicate meaning to audiences and you will begin the process of interpretation. You will gain an understanding of how a new performance could be developed through the practical exploration of the theatrical style and use of conventions of the chosen practitioner. There are three main areas of focus: 1.) Interpreting, creating and developing a devised piece from one key extract from a performance text and applying the methods of one practitioner. 2.) A group performance/design realisation of the devised piece. 3.) Analysing and evaluating the creative process and devised performance. Students may complete this component either as a performer or as a designer. Component 2: Text in Performance Coursework 20% of the qualification You will develop and demonstrate theatre-making skills, appropriate to your role as a performer or designer. You will explore how to realise artistic intentions in performance. The knowledge and understanding acquired though the study of one key extract from a performance text in Component 1 can be applied to assist in the interpretation, development and realisation of key extracts from performance texts. There are two areas of focus: 1.) A monologue or a duologue performance/ design realisation from one key extract from one performance text. 2.) A group performance/design realisation of one key extract from a different performance text. Students may complete this component either as a performer or as a designer or combine these roles. Component 3: Theatre Makers in Practice Written examination: 2 hours 30 minutes 40% of the qualification This component requires you to consider, analyse and evaluate how different theatre makers create impact. Throughout this component, you will consider how production ideas and dramatic elements are communicated to an audience from the perspective of a director, a performer and a designer. . You will critically analyse and evaluate their experience of live performance. As an informed member of the audience, they will deconstruct theatrical elements which will help inform their own production choices and develop their own ideas as potential theatre makers. You will practically explore texts in order to demonstrate how ideas for performance and production might be realised from page to stage. They will also consider the methodologies of practitioners and interpret texts in order to justify your own ideas for a production concept. You will research the original performance conditions and gain an understanding of how social, historical and cultural contexts have informed your decisions as theatre makers. There are three areas to be covered: 1.) A live theatre evaluation. 2.) Page to stage: realisation of a complete performance text. 3.) Interpreting one complete performance text, in light of one practitioner for a contemporary audience.
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| Region | East Midlands |
| Local Authority | Derbyshire |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | Unknown |
| Address | Derby Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, NG10 4AD |
Component 1: Devising Coursework 40% of the qualification In this component, you will develop your creative and exploratory skills to devise an original performance. The starting point for this devising process will be an extract from a performance text and an influential theatre practitioner. In your creative explorations, you will learn how text can be manipulated to communicate meaning to audiences and you will begin the process of interpretation. You will gain an understanding of how a new performance could be developed through the practical exploration of the theatrical style and use of conventions of the chosen practitioner. There are three main areas of focus: 1.) Interpreting, creating and developing a devised piece from one key extract from a performance text and applying the methods of one practitioner. 2.) A group performance/design realisation of the devised piece. 3.) Analysing and evaluating the creative process and devised performance. Students may complete this component either as a performer or as a designer. Component 2: Text in Performance Coursework 20% of the qualification You will develop and demonstrate theatre-making skills, appropriate to your role as a performer or designer. You will explore how to realise artistic intentions in performance. The knowledge and understanding acquired though the study of one key extract from a performance text in Component 1 can be applied to assist in the interpretation, development and realisation of key extracts from performance texts. There are two areas of focus: 1.) A monologue or a duologue performance/ design realisation from one key extract from one performance text. 2.) A group performance/design realisation of one key extract from a different performance text. Students may complete this component either as a performer or as a designer or combine these roles. Component 3: Theatre Makers in Practice Written examination: 2 hours 30 minutes 40% of the qualification This component requires you to consider, analyse and evaluate how different theatre makers create impact. Throughout this component, you will consider how production ideas and dramatic elements are communicated to an audience from the perspective of a director, a performer and a designer. . You will critically analyse and evaluate their experience of live performance. As an informed member of the audience, they will deconstruct theatrical elements which will help inform their own production choices and develop their own ideas as potential theatre makers. You will practically explore texts in order to demonstrate how ideas for performance and production might be realised from page to stage. They will also consider the methodologies of practitioners and interpret texts in order to justify your own ideas for a production concept. You will research the original performance conditions and gain an understanding of how social, historical and cultural contexts have informed your decisions as theatre makers. There are three areas to be covered: 1.) A live theatre evaluation. 2.) Page to stage: realisation of a complete performance text. 3.) Interpreting one complete performance text, in light of one practitioner for a contemporary audience.