Drama and Theatre, A Level

Components one and two explore a theatre practitioner in depth and apply this knowledge to the different texts being studied. This is a fantastic insight into contemporary theatre and develops each individuals understanding, creativity and ability to analyse and evaluate their own response to professional works. Live Theatre Evaluation - Students answer one extended response question from a choice of two requiring them to analyse and evaluate a live theatre performance they have seen in light of a given critical assertion. Section B: Page to Stage: Realising a Performance Text - Students answer two extended response questions based on an unseen extract from the studied text. Students will demonstrate how they, as theatre makers, intend to realise the extract in performance. Students answer from the perspective of a performer and a designer. Section C: Interpreting a Performance Text - Students will answer one extended response question from a choice of two based on an unseen named section from their chosen performance text. Students will demonstrate how their re-imagined production concept will communicate ideas to a contemporary audience. Students will also need to outline how the work of their chosen theatre practitioner has influenced their overall production concept and demonstrate an awareness of the performance text in its original performance conditions.