Making Theatre
Students are required to practically explore & workshop, interpreting a final key extract, each from a different play to those used in year 12. Students will choose a specialism to follow such as performer, lighting designer, sound designer, set designer.
Students will also be required to complete a reflective report in which they analyse and evaluate their theatrical interpretation of all three extracts studied.
This will be internally marked by teachers, with students performing this to a live audience. Furthermore, this extract will be recorded and sent to the examining body who will decide the final mark.
Drama and Theatre
This component is a 3-hour written exam in which students are assessed on their knowledge and understanding of how drama and theatre is developed and performed. Students will study two full works from differing eras and writers.
Exam style questions will be used to assess students throughout the academic year. The final assessment will be a 3-hour exam.
Live Theatre Production
Students will attend live theatre performances with the local area and further afield. Through the process of note taking and writing of live notes, students will then evaluate and analyse the effectiveness of what they saw, and the stage craft used. Students will be given an exam style question to assess their understanding. This will also be assessed within the 3-hour exam that students sit for Drama & Theatre’.