The drama course offers students the opportunity to extend practical and analytical skills. The key features are: • emphasis on practical drama • developing directing and devising skills • individual and group performance work • creativity and independence, allowing students to become effective theatre makers. There are exciting new developments in this subject which allow students to identify the interrelationship between performer, designer and director. There is a chance to study performance texts which combine those selected by us as a centre alongside prescribed choices made by Edexcel. The previous four units have now been developed into three components which are explained below.
Component 1: devising – 40% of A Level Students are required to devise a piece of theatre inspired by a stimulus set by the centre. This unit is divided into two parts: performance and a documented portfolio of process. Component 2: text in performance – 20% of A Level A group performance/design realisation of a key extract from a performance text and a monologue/duologue assessed by an external examiner. Component 3: theatre makers in practice (written examination) – 40% of A Level A two-hour thirty-minute examination assessed through three sections: live theatre evaluation, page to stage (realising a performance text) and interpreting a performance text.
About Education Provider
| Region | South West |
| Local Authority | Dorset |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Mixed |
| Address | Post Green Road, Purbeck, Poole, BH16 6JD |
The drama course offers students the opportunity to extend practical and analytical skills. The key features are: • emphasis on practical drama • developing directing and devising skills • individual and group performance work • creativity and independence, allowing students to become effective theatre makers. There are exciting new developments in this subject which allow students to identify the interrelationship between performer, designer and director. There is a chance to study performance texts which combine those selected by us as a centre alongside prescribed choices made by Edexcel. The previous four units have now been developed into three components which are explained below.
Component 1: devising – 40% of A Level Students are required to devise a piece of theatre inspired by a stimulus set by the centre. This unit is divided into two parts: performance and a documented portfolio of process. Component 2: text in performance – 20% of A Level A group performance/design realisation of a key extract from a performance text and a monologue/duologue assessed by an external examiner. Component 3: theatre makers in practice (written examination) – 40% of A Level A two-hour thirty-minute examination assessed through three sections: live theatre evaluation, page to stage (realising a performance text) and interpreting a performance text.
