Drama & Theatre A Level

This qualification emphasises practical creativity alongside research and theoretical understanding. Students learn through experience, seeing theatre and making theatre for themselves. Students are introduced to a wide range of theatrical styles and contexts as they explore plays practically, devise and work on performances. Students will learn to value and appreciate all elements of the theatre including the role of the performer, designer (lighting, sound, set, costume) and director. Whichever option they choose, students will gain many invaluable skills, both theatrical and transferable, to expand their horizon

The AQA 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 for A-level Drama and Theatre is divided into three components:

1. Drama and Theatre

2. Creating original drama

3. Making Theatre

GCSE Drama at 5

Higher education institutions value and respect the skills drama and theatre qualifications give students. By completing this course, students will have the skills and knowledge required to then complete drama and theatre at university or apply for Drama Schools. Whatever the future holds, students of A-level Drama and Theatre emerge with a toolkit of transferable skills preparing them for their next steps.