Drama and Theatre Studies

Assessment

UNIT/MODULE TYPE OF ASSESSMENT WEIGHTING Component 1: Devising Unit code 9DR0/ 01 Devise an original performance piece (DESIGN OPTION AVAILABLE) This internally assessed unit requires students to explore one play and a practitioner as a stimulus to develop their own understanding and interpretation of theatre. They must create a portfolio of their process (60marks) and a final performance (20marks). 40% Component 2: Text in Performance Unit code 9DR0/ 02 Perform a scene from one play as a group. Perform a monologue/ duologue from another play. (DESIGN OPTION AVAILABLE) This is an externally assessed unit. This requires students to perform either a monologue or duologue from one play as well as students performing in a group from a contrasting play (60marks). 20% Component 3: Theatre Makers in Practice Unit code 9DR0/ 03 A: Live Theatre evaluation (20marks) B: Page to Stage: Realising a performance text (36marks) C: Interpreting a performance text (24marks) This is a written exam. This externally assessed unit takes the form of a 2½ hour written paper in three sections. Students are allowed to take 500 words of notes with them into the exam. Students will study a play and respond to two questions in section B from the point of view of the performer and designer. Students will study a second play and will respond to one question by demonstrating how they have considered producing this play to a contemporary audience in light of a practitioner and demonstrate an awareness of the play in its original conditions. 40%