Drama and Theatre Studies

Assessment

Assessment Component 1: Devising Non-Examination assessment 40% of the qualification 80 marks Content overview Devise an original performance piece. Use on key extract from a performance text and a theatre practitioner as stimuli. Centre choice of text and practitioner. Performer or designer routes available. Assessment overview AO1, AO2 and AO4 are assessed. Internally assessed and externally moderated. There are two parts to the assessment: A portfolio (60 marks, 40 marks assessing AO1 and 20 marks assessing AO4) The devised performance (20 marks, assessing AO2) Component 2: Text in Performance Non-examination assessment 20% of the qualification 60 marks Content overview A group performance of one key extract from a performance text. A monologue or duologue performance from one key extract from a different performance text. Centre choice of performance texts. Assessment overview AO2 is assessed, Externally assessed by a visiting examiner. Group performance worth 26 marks Monologue or duologue worth 24 marks. Component 3: Theatre Makers in Practice Written examination: 2 hours 30 minutes 40% of the qualification 80 marks Content overview Live theatre evaluation – choice of performance. Practical exploration and study of a complete performance text – focusing on how this can be realised for performance. Practical exploration and interpretation of another complete performance text, in light of a chosen theatre practitioner – focusing on how this text could be reimagined for a contemporary audience. Centre choice of 15 performance texts from two lists on the next page. Choice of 15 performance texts. Choice of eight practitioners Assessment Overview Section A: Live Theatre Evaluation Students answer one extended response question from a choice of two requiring them to analyse and evaluate a live theatre performance they have seen in light of a given statement. Section B: Page to Stage: Realising a Performance Text Students answer two extended response questions based on an unseen extract from the performance text they have studied. Students will demonstrate how they, as theatre makers, intend to realise the extract in performance. Students answer from the perspective of a performer and a designer. Section C: Interpreting a Performance Text Students will answer on extended response question from a choice of two based on an unseen named section from their chosen performance text. Students will demonstrate how their re-imagined production concept will communicate ideas to a contemporary audience. Students will also need to outline how the work of their chosen theatre practitioner has influenced their overall production concept and demonstrate an awareness of the performance text in its original performance conditions