Drama & Theatre

Course summary

The course is split into three units: 1. Devising – 40% You will devise an original piece of theatre with the rest of your class and create a portfolio documenting your process. You will use an extract from a play as your stimulus and your performance will use the stylistic elements of a new and exciting practitioner. 2. Text in Performance – 20% Your teacher will direct you and your classmates in an extract from a play. You will also learn a monologue from a different play. You will perform both of these for a visiting examiner. 3. Theatre makers in practice – written exam – 40% You will take a two and a half hour written exam in which you will answer a question about a production you have seen, a question about how you would act in a particular scene of a play you have studied, a question about how you might design set/lighting/costume/sound for that same extract, and a final question about how a practitioner you have studied would influence you to direct another play.