Drama & Theatre Studies A Level

A Level Drama & Theatre Studies

Expand your knowledge and appreciation of theatre in its entirety, including addressing how historical and social factors impact on performances within contemporary society. A Level Drama & Theatre Studies combines both the theoretical and practical study of a wide range of classical and contemporary practitioners. You will also study how to interpret a role, and how to use practitioner techniques to devise your own material.

• Course Information

  • Course Code

    LATHEAT

  • Exam Board

    AQA

  • Attendance Pattern

    Daytime

  • Course Level

    Level 3

  • Study Mode

    Full Time

  • Course Location

    Langdale Road, Leyland

  • Age Group

    School Leavers (16-18)

  • Course Duration

    2 years

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• Overview

  Drama and Theatre combines both the theoretical and practical study of a wide range of classical and contemporary practitioners. The aim of the course is to expand your knowledge and appreciation of theatre in its entirety, including addressing how historical and social factors impact on performances within contemporary society. You will also study how to interpret a role, and how to use practitioner techniques to devise your own material.

  Component 1: Drama and theatre For this you will study two different plays, and interpret these from various perspectives – as a director, a designer, and a performer. You will also get the opportunity to attend a range of live theatre productions, and evaluate the impact of performance elements.

  Component 2: Creating original drama (practical) After undertaking a series of practitioner workshops, you will be given a stimulus, and work with a group to devise a final piece using your chosen performance style.

  Component 3: Making theatre (practical) This component is a practical exploration of three extracts, taken from plays with different social, cultural and historical contexts. One of these plays will be performed using a given practitioner, and this will be performed as a final assessed piece. You will also write a Reflection Report, evaluating the interpretation of your different roles.

  Course Highlights:

  Get involved with our Showcase shows, with the chance to perform at Edinburgh Fringe.

• Entry Requirements

  Overall requirements for the A Level Programme at Runshaw College require a minimum of 5 GCSE subjects at Grade 5, in 5 separate national curriculum subjects (including a minimum of grade 4 in both English and Maths). It is expected that most students will study 3 subjects – the option of doing 4 subjects for students who have an average GCSE grade profile of 8 or above will be considered on an individual basis. For more information on your future career path, visit www.informedchoices.ac.uk. View all our A Level courses in detail by clicking here.

• How will I be assessed?

  Component 1:

  • Written exam: 3 hours
  • 80 marks
  • 40% of A Level

  Component 2:

  • Working notebook (40 marks)
  • Devised performance (20 marks)
  • 60 marks in total, 30% of A Level

  Component 3:

  • Performance of Extract 3 (40 marks)
  • Reflective report (20 marks)
  • 60 marks in total 30% of A Level
• Progression Pathway

  Theatre Studies is an excellent subject for students wanting to progress to university, with degrees available in: Law, Acting, Theatre Studies, Psychology, English and Creative Writing to name just a few.

• Programme Specification

  Component 1: Drama and theatre
  For this you will study two different plays, and interpret these from various perspectives – as a director, a designer, and a performer. You will also get the opportunity to attend a range of live
  theatre productions, and evaluate the impact of performance elements.

  How it’s assessed
  Written exam: 3 hours, 80 marks, 40% of A Level

   

  Component 2: Creating original drama (practical)
  After undertaking a series of practitioner workshops, you will be given a stimulus, and work with a group to devise a final piece using your chosen performance style.

  How it’s assessed:
  Working notebook (40 marks), Devised performance (20 marks), 60 marks in total, 30% of A Level

   

  Component 3: Making theatre (practical)
  This component is a practical exploration of three extracts, taken from plays with different social, cultural and historical contexts. One of these plays will be performed using a given practitioner, and this will be performed as a final assessed piece. You will also write a Reflection Report, evaluating the interpretation of your different roles.

  How it’s assessed:
  Performance of Extract 3 (40 marks), Reflective report (20 marks), 60 marks in total, 30% of A Level

• National Careers Service

  For guidance about what careers subjects can lead on to please follow this link to the National Careers Service.