Drama and Theatre Studies

Assessment

A Level Theatre Studies - Edexcel Component 1: Devising Coursework - 40% of the qualification Content overview ● Devise an original performance piece ● Use one key extract from a performance text and a theatre practitioner as stimuli ● Centre choice of text and practitioner ● Performer or designer routes available Assessment overview ● Internally assessed and externally moderated ● There are two parts to the assessment: 1) a portfolio 2) the devised performance/design realisation Component 2: Text in Performance Coursework - 20% of the qualification Content overview ● A group performance/design realisation of one key extract from a performance text ● A monologue or duologue performance/design realisation from one key extract from a different performance text ● Centre choice of performance texts Assessment overview ● Externally assessed by a visiting examiner ● Group performance ● Monologue or duologue Component 3: Theatre Makers in Practice Written examination - 40% of the qualification Content overview ● Live theatre evaluation – choice of performance. ● Practical exploration and study of a complete performance text – focusing on how this can be realised for performance. ● Practical exploration and interpretation of another complete performance text, in light of a chosen theatre practitioner – focusing on how this text could be reimagined for a contemporary audience. Assessment overview Section A: Live Theatre Evaluation Section B: Page to Stage: Realising a Performance Text ● Students answer two extended response questions based on an unseen extract from the performance text they have studied Section C: Interpreting a Performance Text ● Students will answer one extended response question from a choice of two based on an unseen named section from their chosen performance text