Drama & Theatre

Drama & Theatre Eduqas (Part of WJEC)

The WJEC A Level in Drama and Theatre is an exciting and inspiring course which prepares you for further study in Higher Education. This highly practical specification provides students with the opportunity to work as performers and/or designers on three different performances. In Unit 1, you will reinterpret a text to create a piece of theatre which is a combination of the selected text and original ideas. In Unit 3, you will engage with a stimulus to create two pieces of theatre in different styles; one an interpretation of a text of your own choice and the other a devised piece. Both Units 1 and 3 are designed to encourage you to make connections between dramatic theory and your own practice. While preparing practical work, you will explore the work of two theatre practitioners (individuals or companies) of your own choice and apply your research to your performances or designs. In Units 2 and 4, you will explore three complete performance texts. There is an exciting and diverse list of texts to choose from; one written before 1956 (in Year 12) and two written after 1956 (in Year 13). You are also required to engage with live theatre productions to learn about the processes and practices involved in interpretation and performance.

Requirements: 7/6 in English Literature at GCSE (GCSE in Drama desirable)

Unit 1 Drama & Theatre Written paper (40% of total marks)

Unit 2 Creating Original Drama Working Notebook and Performance (30% of total marks)

Unit 3 Making Theatre Final Performance of Extract 3 and Reflective Report (30% of total marks)

Unit 4 Knowledge & Understanding Study of 2 Set Texts Analysis of Live Theatre

Process of Creating Theatre Performance of Devised Theatre Influenced by a Theatre Practitioner

Practical Exploration of 3 Extracts Methodology of Prescribed Practitioner

Live Theatre (4-6 Productions)

Drama gives you so much confidence and it’s amazing to learn to fully bring a role to life. Tanya