Drama and Theatre Studies

Course summary

We want students to have an inspiring experience of A Level Drama and Theatre. This course combines practical creativity with academic research and theoretical understanding. Students learn through experience, seeing and making theatre for a live critical audience. Students are introduced to a wide range of theatrical styles and contexts throughout the course as they explore theatre practically and devise their own original, challenging and often provocative theatre. Students will experience a range of critical perspectives throughout the course as actors, directors, writers, critics and academic researchers. Theatre trips take place up to twice per year. Through these experiences, students gain many valuable skills, both theatrical and transferable, to expand their horizons. Students of Edexcel Drama and Theatre develop skills that are not just essential for Drama but apply to a wide range of higher education subjects and professions. This specification refines students’ collaborative skills and their approach to independent research as well as their analytical and creative thinking. Students grow in confidence and become more critically discerning as they successfully realise their own ideas. They learn to evaluate objectively and develop a sound appreciation of the influences that cultural and social contexts have on creative decision-making. Whatever the future holds, students of A Level Drama and Theatre emerge with a toolkit of transferable skills preparing them for their next steps.