A course that combines a balance of practical and theoretical elements. You will extend your ability to create, analyse and evaluate drama and theatre. Focusing on key play texts and theatre practitioners, we will use practical exploration to develop a detailed understanding that will lead to assessment of performance, portfolio work and written examinations. Workshops and trips to live theatre performances form part of the course.
Our usual entry requirement is a GCSE Level 7 or higher in the subject that you wish to study coupled with a raft of GCSE Level 6 and above results. If you wish to study Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Maths then a Level 7 or higher is required.
Devising (40 %) Creating an original performance piece, through workshops and rehearsal, using one key extract from a performance text and a theatre practitioner as stimuli. Completing a portfolio of written evidence covering the areas of interpreting, creating, developing, analysing and evaluating the work (60 marks). Performance or design role within the performance (20 marks). Text In Performance (20 %) A group performance of one key extract from a performance text (36 marks), and a monologue or duologue performance from a different performance text (24 marks). Practical performance skills assessed by a visiting examiner. Theatre Makers In Practice (40 %) Section A: Live theatre evaluation – Analysing and evaluating a performance seen in light of a given statement (20 marks). Section B: Page to Stage: Realising a Performance Text – Two extended responses based on realising an unseen extract of a text that has been studied practically in class (36 marks). Section C: Interpreting a Performance Text. One extended response on a re-imagined performance concept of the studied text, in response to a chosen practitioner, that will communicate ideas to a contemporary audience.
About Education Provider
| Region | East of England |
| Local Authority | Suffolk |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | £29,925 - £40,110 |
| Sixth Form Fee | £11,355 - £17,955 |
| Address | Woolverstone Hall, Ipswich, IP9 1AZ |
A course that combines a balance of practical and theoretical elements. You will extend your ability to create, analyse and evaluate drama and theatre. Focusing on key play texts and theatre practitioners, we will use practical exploration to develop a detailed understanding that will lead to assessment of performance, portfolio work and written examinations. Workshops and trips to live theatre performances form part of the course.
Our usual entry requirement is a GCSE Level 7 or higher in the subject that you wish to study coupled with a raft of GCSE Level 6 and above results. If you wish to study Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Maths then a Level 7 or higher is required.
Devising (40 %) Creating an original performance piece, through workshops and rehearsal, using one key extract from a performance text and a theatre practitioner as stimuli. Completing a portfolio of written evidence covering the areas of interpreting, creating, developing, analysing and evaluating the work (60 marks). Performance or design role within the performance (20 marks). Text In Performance (20 %) A group performance of one key extract from a performance text (36 marks), and a monologue or duologue performance from a different performance text (24 marks). Practical performance skills assessed by a visiting examiner. Theatre Makers In Practice (40 %) Section A: Live theatre evaluation – Analysing and evaluating a performance seen in light of a given statement (20 marks). Section B: Page to Stage: Realising a Performance Text – Two extended responses based on realising an unseen extract of a text that has been studied practically in class (36 marks). Section C: Interpreting a Performance Text. One extended response on a re-imagined performance concept of the studied text, in response to a chosen practitioner, that will communicate ideas to a contemporary audience.