Drama and Theatre Studies

Course summary

Students will be taught through practical and theory based lessons. With an emphasis on practical exploration of plays and practitioners, students will develop their understanding of theatrical genres and styles. They will rehearse and perform to live audiences as a group as well as delivering monologues and duologues. Students are also given the opportunity to develop independence by creating their own original piece of theatre. Students written skills will be developed through the exploration of two plays and through the analysis and evaluation of live performance. Students will be given the opportunity to visit the theatre every term over the two years of the course to experience a variety of live theatre. Students will learn how to use their knowledge and understanding of theatrical forms to explore, critically analyse and perform a minimum of five plays. This will include an in-depth study of a play from the point of view of a director, performer and designer and studying a second play in light of a practitioner and a focus on contemporary audiences. Students will develop analytical and evaluative skills when responding to live performance. They will also be asked to create an original performance using the devising process and create a written portfolio to support this.