Drama and Theatre Studies

Assessment

Component 1: Devising - 40% of A Level • Devise an original performance piece • Use a performance text and a theatre practitioner as stimuli • Produce a Research and Development Portfolio - 60 marks • Stage the Devised Performance - 20 marks Component 2: Text in Performance - 20% of A Level • Produce a group performance/design realisation from a performance text - 36 marks • Perform a monologue or duologue performance/design realisation from a different performance text - 24 marks Component 3: Theatre Makers in Practice - 40% of A Level Written paper: 2hours 30 minutes • Section A: Live Theatre Evaluation - 20 marks Students analyse and evaluate a live theatre performance they have seen. Students are allowed to bring in theatre evaluation notes of up to a maximum of 500 words. • Section B: Page to Stage: Realising a Performance Text - 36 marks Students answer two questions based on an unseen extract from the performance text they have studied. Students will demonstrate how they, as theatre makers, intend to realise the extract in performance from the perspective of a performer and a designer. • Section C: Interpreting a Performance Text - 24 marks Students will demonstrate how their production concept will communicate ideas to a contemporary audience. Students will also need to outline how the work of their chosen theatre practitioner has influenced their overall production concept and demonstrate an awareness of the performance text in its original performance conditions.