A Level Drama and Theatre is for students who enjoy reading and watching plays, and taking part in them, whether performing, directing or designing sets and costumes. It offers students the freedom to choose both the content and the form of their practical presentations. Students are given opportunities to be creative and to have interpretative freedom as well as inspiration and critical and practical skills for other subjects they may be studying. • Students can attend any live theatre production and bring their experiences into class. • Written papers add rigour to the course and help ensure that students understand the way plays relate to their historical, social and cultural context. • Students develop confidence, team-building, communication and other life skills. • The work of significant theatrical practitioners is considered and students understand the connection between theory and practice.
At least Grade 6 in GCSE English Literature and, although not a prerequisite, GCSE Drama is helpful.
3 Components Component 1: Theatre Workshop Non-exam assessment: internally assessed and externally moderated by WJEC 20% of qualification 60 marks Learners are required to create a piece of theatre based on an extract from a text using the techniques and working methods of either an influential theatre practitioner or a recognised theatre company. Component 2: Text in Action Non-exam assessment: externally assessed by a visiting examiner 40% of qualification 120 marks This component requires learners to engage with a stimulus to create two pieces of live theatre: one devised piece using the working methods and techniques of either an influential theatre practitioner or a recognised theatre company and one extract from a text in a different style to the devised piece. Component 3: Text in Performance Written examination: 2 hours 30 minutes 40% of qualification 120 marks In this component, learners are required to study two complete texts and one extract from a third contrasting text. Centres are reminded that the five texts studied for this qualification as a whole must represent a range of social, historical and cultural contexts
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| Region | South East |
| Local Authority | Bracknell Forest |
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| Gender Type | Girls |
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| Boarding Fee | £39,522 - £42,570 |
| Sixth Form Fee | £25,767 - £26,316 |
| Address | London Road, Ascot, SL5 8BQ |
A Level Drama and Theatre is for students who enjoy reading and watching plays, and taking part in them, whether performing, directing or designing sets and costumes. It offers students the freedom to choose both the content and the form of their practical presentations. Students are given opportunities to be creative and to have interpretative freedom as well as inspiration and critical and practical skills for other subjects they may be studying. • Students can attend any live theatre production and bring their experiences into class. • Written papers add rigour to the course and help ensure that students understand the way plays relate to their historical, social and cultural context. • Students develop confidence, team-building, communication and other life skills. • The work of significant theatrical practitioners is considered and students understand the connection between theory and practice.
At least Grade 6 in GCSE English Literature and, although not a prerequisite, GCSE Drama is helpful.
3 Components Component 1: Theatre Workshop Non-exam assessment: internally assessed and externally moderated by WJEC 20% of qualification 60 marks Learners are required to create a piece of theatre based on an extract from a text using the techniques and working methods of either an influential theatre practitioner or a recognised theatre company. Component 2: Text in Action Non-exam assessment: externally assessed by a visiting examiner 40% of qualification 120 marks This component requires learners to engage with a stimulus to create two pieces of live theatre: one devised piece using the working methods and techniques of either an influential theatre practitioner or a recognised theatre company and one extract from a text in a different style to the devised piece. Component 3: Text in Performance Written examination: 2 hours 30 minutes 40% of qualification 120 marks In this component, learners are required to study two complete texts and one extract from a third contrasting text. Centres are reminded that the five texts studied for this qualification as a whole must represent a range of social, historical and cultural contexts