Drama and Theatre A Level inspires and equips students not only to be creative theatre makers, but to develop skills needed in many other fields – collaboration, evaluation and analysis, creativity, reflection and self review, presentation skills and confidence. Students, whether onstage performers, backstage crew, designers, directors or technicians are encouraged to explore, imagine and create other worlds, and to understand and develop empathy with other characters.

Course Details

Eduqas A Level in Drama and Theatre (A690QS)

• Component 1: Theatre Workshop (20%). Students are assessed on either acting or design and will use the techniques and working methods of an influential theatre practitioner or a recognised theatre company, producing a creative log.
• Component 2: Text in Action (40%). Students are assessed as actors or designers and perform in front of an external, visiting examiner.
• Component 3: Text in Performance, the written examination (40%). Each section relates to a set text – one from pre-1956, one post-1956, and the final text is the award-winning ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time’.

Live theatre evaluation is incorporated into the course, including evening theatre trips and residential visits.