Drama and Theatre Studies

Assessment

Component 1: Drama and theatre Students have 3 hours to answer the paper. The paper is divided into three compulsory sections: Section A: Drama through the ages Section B: 20th and 21st century drama Section C: Live theatre production. Component 2: Creating original drama Component 2 constitutes 30% of the A-level. It is marked by teachers and moderated by AQA. For this component, students must complete two assessment tasks: produce an individual Working notebook documenting the devising process contribute to a final devised, group performance. Component 3: Making theatre Component 3 constitutes 30% of the A-level. It is marked by AQA. For this component students must practically explore (workshop) and interpret three key extracts each from a different play and complete two assessment tasks: formally present Extract 3 to an audience produce an individual Reflective report analysing and evaluating their theatrical interpretation of all three key extracts studied.