Drama and Theatre Studies

Assessment

Component 1 – Theatre Workshop: Creative Adaptation (internally assessed, externally moderated – 20%) In this unit you can choose to be assessed as either a designer or a performer. You will participate in the creation, development and performance of a piece of theatre based on a reinterpretation of an extract from a play. The piece is developed using the techniques and working methods of either an influential theatre practitioner or a theatre company. You are assessed through your final realisation of the piece in performance and a creative log. Component 2 – Text In Action (externally assessed by visiting examiner – 40%) You have the choice again to be assessed as either a performer or designer. In this unit, you will develop two linked pieces of theatre based on a stimulus provided by Eduqas. One will be an originally devised piece drawing on the ideas and working methods of a theatre practitioner or theatre company that contrast with those studied for Component 1. The second is the performance of an extract from a scripted play that complements the theme of the devised piece, but which is in a contrasting style. An external examiner will visit to assess the final realisations. Design students will also give a 5-10 minute presentation about their process. This is followed, for all students, by a process and evaluation written report completed within one week of the practical exam. Component 3 – Text In Performance (externally assessed written exam – 40%) This will be a written 2 hour and 30-minute exam based on two set texts, one pre1956 and one post-1956, that you will have practically performed and explored during the course, explaining how you would stage them (open book). There will also be an extract-based question on a pre-released extract from “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” that will synoptically test your ability to interpret text and context through performance choices (closed book).