Awarding body Edexcel

AS/A2 THEATRE STUDIES AS Level units • Unit 1 – Exploration of two texts AS/A2 • Unit 2 – Performance unit Theatre Developing skills as an actor as well as Studies improving your communication skills, A2 Level units • Unit 3 – Devising original theatre • Unit 4 – Written paper on context in confidence and team working performance

Minimum • GCSE Drama, grade B, or recent practical Why choose Theatre Studies? requirement for performance. “I shall really Theatre Studies isn’t just about learning to be an actor. Although personal performance entry onto the course • GCSE English Literature, grade B miss the teamwork plays a part, the transferable skills that you will acquire in this subject will help you to prepare for any careers. Understanding performance and the theatre will improve A Level results 100% A*-E, 86% A*-B and practical your ability to communicate ideas, to be confident, and work successfully in a team, as for 2013 exploration of well as giving you skills in independent research and preparation. texts.” The AS and A2 course will take you on a journey through everything that makes the theatre great – from understanding texts through to set, lighting and costume design and, of course, performance techniques. You’ll learn about and perform works by some of the leading writers and combine all of this with regular trips to live drama and contribution to performances at the College. “This course has Learning styles are friendly and approachable – combining hard work with improvisation, interpretation and lots of fun. Working as part of a team is a crucial part of the course, standing all students in good stead, whatever their really helped my ultimate career. confidence in Far from being an ‘easy option course’, having completed AS/A2 in Theatre Studies many of our students have public speaking and progressed to study degrees in a variety of subjects at top universities, including Oxford and Cambridge. Drawing on working with the skills learnt they have gone on to work in a wide range of fields including television, journalism, law, teaching and others and although marketing. Of course, many of our students have also gone on to drama schools such as Central School of Speech and Drama, LAMDA and Mountview, and are now working as actors and directors in theatre, television and film. it was hard work I feel that it has What will you learn? prepared me well In your first year, your learning is split between 40% coursework and continuous assessment and 60% practical exam. for University, The first coursework unit involving the practical exploration of theatre through two plays, is assessed partly through ‘Exploration Notes’, rather than essay writing, and partly through continual assessment of practical work. You will where I am going also complete a live theatre performance evaluation. The 60% practical exam of acting or design skills is done by a to be studying visit from an external examiner, assessing your role in a production of a play, which we will mount specifically for this Psychology.” purpose. Finally, to complete this practical examination you will also perform either a monologue or a duologue. In your second year, your learning is split between 40% practical exam and 60% written exam. You will work on a group project to devise a drama piece. Within this you will be assessed both on your preparation and final performance. The rest of this second year will be assessed via a written examination in the form of essays taken at the end of the course.

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