Drama and Theatre Studies

Assessment

There are 3 assessed components to the course. For the Theatre Workshop, students collaborate to create, design and perform an original reinterpretation performance created from an original piece of text in combination with a style of theatre or theatre practitioner as a stimulus. This is examined in performance alongside a creative log documenting the stages of the creative process and refinement of the process up until performance. For Text in Action, students perform or design a performance to an external examiner from the creation, development and performance of two pieces of theatre based on a stimulus: One devised and in conjunction with the techniques and working methods of either an influential theatre practitioner or a recognised theatre company (a different practitioner or company to that chosen before and an extract from a text in a different style, for which students produce a process and evaluation report within one week of completion of the practical work. Finally, there is a written examination, Text in Performance, which comprises the study of three contrasting set texts from the perspective of a performer, director and designer. Students will analyse and evaluate a range of live theatre performances, answering questions on contemporary theatre practice.