Drama and Theatre

Assessment

COMPONENT 1: Drama and Theatre 40% - 3hr Paper Written exam Study and practically explore two set plays. Questions are based on the perspective of either a, Performer, Designer or Director for both sections. One question based around a live Theatre performance. COMPONENT 2: Creating Original Drama – PRACTICAL/NOTEBOOK 30% (Students choose 1 aspect - Performer, lighting designer, sound designer, set designer, costume designer, puppet designer, director – Costume designers may choose to include make-up and/or hair and/or masks – Set designers may choose to include design of props). Students must study the work and methodology of ONE influential theatre practitioner from the prescribed list. (This practitioner must be different to the one used for text based exploration) Working notebook/Devised performance. Students devise a piece, marked by us and moderated by AQA COMPONENT 3: Making Theatre – PRACTICAL/REPORT 30% (Students may choose 1, 2 or 3 specialisms) - Performer, lighting designer, sound designer, set designer, costume designer, puppet designer, director – Costume designers may choose to include make-up and/or hair and/or masks – Set designers may choose to include design of props). Students must learn how to contribute to text-based drama in a live theatre context for an audience. Students perform three extracts, one of which is used as a practical exam. Marked by AQA