Drama and Theatre Studies

Assessment

Component 1: Devised performance & coursework Non-examination assessment 40% of A Level - Respond to a stimulus - Study a text - Study a practitioner - Create a devised performance in he style of that practitioner - Write coursework to document the process Component 2: Scripted Performance Non-examination assessment 20% of A Level - Study two different texts - Perform a monologue from one text - Perform a group performance from another text Component 3: Written Exam 40% of A Level - Study a piece of live theatre and review it. - Study Machinal by Sophie Treadwell and explore 1920s Jazz-era America. - Write from the perspective of the actor and director about how you would stage Machinal. - Study a play and modernise tt for a contemporary audience.