Drama and Theatre Studies

Course summary

As humans we have an innate need to tell stories to make sense of the world around us, to learn about the possibilities of life and to learn about human nature. Drama and Theatre is part of who we all are. It is an ever changing and developing landscape, which makes it exciting and interesting. Theatre can be life changing. Theatre can make people laugh, cry, feel anger or passion. It can teach people about something they have never experienced. Theatre is powerful. You will explore a range of theatre practitioners and apply these to three different scripts for performance. You will practically study two set texts and explore ways of performing, directing and designing extracts of these texts. You will also devise your own original piece of theatre. Drama and Theatre A Level provides you with knowledge and understanding about theatre and performance, but it also provides you with a wide range of transferable skills such as collaboration, analysis and researching, which are applicable to any higher education course or profession. You will grow in confidence and maturity as you successfully realise your own ideas, developing your creativity and problem solving. You will learn to evaluate objectively and develop a sound appreciation of the influences that cultural and social contexts can have on decision making. Whatever the future holds, you will emerge with a toolkit of transferable skills.