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DRAMA and Theatre Studies


Head of Dept: 

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Mr. A.Sills
Miss. J.Burberry
Mrs. M.Cohen

​Drama and Theatre Studies enables learners to enhance essential personal social skills and to explore perspectives by identifying influential social, cultural, historical and political contexts.

We plan, problem-solve and work collaboratively to investigate dramatic texts and forms of performance through theatre practitioners and commentators from a range of global cultures. Students are encouraged to evaluate critically written texts of plays and live performances from a multiplicity of genres and styles.

KS3 - Years 7-9

At Key Stage Three students will create theatre from a diverse range of stimuli and texts including plays, poetry, photographs, music, objects and articles. Learning centres and grows from the development of Explorative Strategies, Drama Mediums and Elements of Drama. There is a focus on building the skills that are associated with creating, performing and evaluating drama.

KS4 – GCSE The Edexcel GCSE in Drama encourages students to:

A GCSE in this subject offers an exciting and inspiring course that promotes involvement in and enjoyment of drama, as performers and/or designers. Learners will apply knowledge and understanding when making, performing and responding to drama. This will happen through the practical exploration of plays in performance, an understanding of their contexts and by developing a growing knowledge of the influences of the theatrical conventions of the period in which they were created. You will develop a range of theatrical skills and apply them to create performances that provide opportunities to work collaboratively and to generate develop and communicate ideas. We will encourage you to develop as creative, effective, independent and reflective students of drama who make informed choices in process and performance. You will contribute as an individual to a theatrical performance and reflect on and evaluate your own work and that of others. Additionally the course will encourage you to develop an awareness and understanding of the roles and processes undertaken in contemporary professional theatre practice.

GCSE Drama will encourage you to develop core skills in:

  • the ability to recognise and understand the roles and responsibilities of performer,
  • designer and director.
  • the study and exploration of texts and extracts which must include the relevant social,
  • historical and cultural contexts. 
  • the ability to analyse and evaluate your own work and the work of others.
  • the ability to understand how performance texts can be interpreted and performed.
Overview of new specification Component ​
Overview ​
Assessment ​
Component 1 Devising 40%  
Students devise a piece of theatre which they then perform. They will record the process in a portfolio. 
Internally assessed.
​Externally moderated

Component 2 Performance from Text 20%  ​
Performance of two extracts from a play text 
Externally assessed by a visiting examiner 
Component 3 Theatre Makers in Practice 40% exam 
A set play text will be explored practically.  Evaluation of a piece of live theatre they have seen. 
Exam: 1 hour 30 minutes 
Sec A: Questions on a set text
Sec B: Live Theatre Evaluation

KS5 - AS/A LEVEL: Drama and Theatre

An ‘A’ level in Drama and Theatre will encourage students to establish a multitude of skills including collaboration and communication and develop knowledge that will support progression to further study in a wide range of subjects. The course engages students through encouraging creativity that focuses on both written and practical work reflecting twenty-first century theatre practice.  ​
Component
Content
Assessment
Theatre Workshop ​
Learners participate in the creation, development and performance of:
· one reinterpretation of an extract from a text, using the working methods and techniques of either an influential theatre practitioner or a recognised theatre company. ​
Realisation of a performance
Written creative log.
20% of qualification
Text in Action ​
Learners participate in the creation, development and performance of:
· one devised piece using the working methods and techniques of a
second different influential theatre practitioner or recognised theatre company.
· one extract from a text in a contrasting style to the devised performance.
​Externally assessed by a visiting examiner.
Learners participate in the creation, development and performance of two contrasting pieces of theatre based on a stimulus.
40% of qualification
​Text in Performance, Written Exam
Learners explore texts and in an exam answer essay questions from the perspective of Director, Actor, Designer and Audience member:
· learners study two complete performance texts from different historical periods
· one extract from a third contrasting text.
Externally assessed.
Written examination:
​2 hours 30 minutes

40% of qualification  ​
Sections A and B
  • Open book: Clean copies (no annotation) of the two complete texts chosen must be taken into the examination.
  • Two questions based on two different texts, one written pre1956 and one written post1956.
Section C
  • Closed book: The extract of text required for answering the questions will be printed on the examination paper.
  • A question based on a specified extract from: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens.
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Links

Edexcel Exam board
Drama Student Help and resources
Lists of accredited Drama Schools
Royal National Theatre
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Drama Student Magazine

Theatre company Theatre de Complicite
What’s on at Theatres in Manchester? 

Extra curricular

Workshops
Visiting Actors
Visiting Theatre Companies
Theatre Visits
Student performances
KD’s Got Talent
School Production
Arts Evening
GCSE Performances
‘A’ Level Performances
Lunchtime Theatre
Community Cohesion
Lower School Drama Club
Upper School Drama Club
Yavneh Drama Club
Yavneh Concert and Presentation 
Extension Learning
KS3: Year 7-9
KS4: GCSE
KS5: A-Level

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