Drama & Theatre Studies

In your Drama lessons, you will:

• Develop your improvisation and acting skills to a high level
• Be able to express your ideas and feelings about issues by creating imaginary situations
• Learn about the many theatrical techniques and devices which you can use to help you express those ideas
• Read and explore plays from different periods
• Work co-operatively with others in the group, but also be able to work individually, in pairs and in small groups
• Become more confident as a student who can articulate well and has the ability to approach difficult subjects in society.
• It is much more about learning about oneself and others than about an innate talent to perform and communicate with an audience, although the skills for this will be studied together.

Our A Level Drama and Theatre offers students the opportunity to explore drama as a practical art form, in which ideas and meaning are communicated to an audience through choices of form, style and convention.

Students will:

• create, perform, and respond to drama and theatre
• develop the creativity and independence to become effective theatre makers
• explore the relationship between theory and practice in a range of theatrical styles and periods, and historical, social, and cultural contexts
• learn how relevant research, independent thought, and analysis of live theatre production can inform decision-making in their practical work and put this understanding into practice
• experience the ways in which theatre makers collaborate to create theatre.

The subject content details the knowledge, understanding, and skills that students are expected to develop throughout the course of study. The subject content for A-level Drama and Theatre is divided into three components:

• Drama and theatre
• Creating original drama
• Making theatre