Unit 1 Theatre Studies  (TS011)

Areas of study

• Comparative Analysis of Theatre Styles

  • How do the conventions of pre- 1945 theatre differ in their approach to actor-audience relationships? How do  specific examples from scripts associated with each style influence interpretations of directors and audiences?

• Contextual Influences on Theatre Styles

  • In what ways did the socio-political and cultural contexts of pre 1945 theatre influence the development and characteristics of how plays are interpreted, reimagined and performed?

• Innovations in Theatre Production

  • • What were the key innovations in theatre production introduced by pre 1945 theatre, and how did these innovations impact the audience's experience?

Skills

• apply production roles (actor, director, designer) to scripts

• apply elements of theatre composition to realise theatrical possibilities within a script

• apply dramaturgical processes to interpret scripts

• convey the historical contexts of selected scripts including social, political and cultural

• apply appropriate conventions to present interpretations of selected scripts

• employ at least 2 production roles to interpret scripts

• apply theatre technologies and elements of theatre composition to enhance interpretation of a script for performance

• apply safe, ethical, inclusive and sustainable (where possible, environmentally sustainable) working practices in theatre production 

Learning program & assessment:

Suitable tasks for assessment in this unit may be selected from the following:

• interpretation of scripts from pre-1945 through the application of acting, direction and/or design (costume, hair and make-up, props, set, lighting, sound)

• oral, visual, multimedia reports and/or presentations

• structured questions

• a research report.

At least one assessment task must be practice-based, at least one task must be written, and at least one task must include an oral component 

Unit 2 Theatre Studies (TS012)

Areas of study

• Comparative Analysis of Theatre Styles

  1. How do the conventions contemporary theatre styles and movements differ in their approach to actor-audience relationships? rovide specific examples from scripts associated with each style.

• Contextual Influences on Theatre Styles

  1. In what ways did the socio-political and cultural contexts of contemporary theatre styles and movements influence the development and characteristics of contemporary Theatre styles and movements?

• Innovations in Theatre Production

  1. What were the key innovations in theatre production introduced by contemporary theatre styles and movements and how did these innovations impact the audience's experience?

Skills

• describe the factors that influence or have influenced the development of selected contemporary theatre styles and/or a contemporary theatre movement

• describe how the contexts of scripts from selected contemporary theatre styles and/or a theatre movement can influence a production

• outline conventions of specific contemporary theatre styles

• outline the characteristics of specific contemporary theatre movements

• identify and describe production processes that are characteristic of contemporary theatre styles and/or movements

• apply elements of theatre composition

• conduct dramaturgical research

• research and discuss production roles and their application in the styles and/or movement

• research and discuss the impact of theatre productions on audiences in contemporary theatre

• identify and describe innovations established in theatre production in contemporary theatre

• outline the role of audiences

• apply relevant theatre terminology

Learning program & assessment:

Suitable tasks for assessment in this unit may be selected from the following:

• interpretation of scripts from contemporary theatre styles or movements from 1945 to the present day through the application of acting, direction and/or design (costume, hair and make-up, props, set, lighting, sound)

• oral, visual, multimedia reports and/or presentations

• structured questions

• a research report

•  an analytical essay. At least one assessment task must be practice-based, at least one task must be written, and at least one task must include an oral component.

At least one assessment task must be practice-based, at least one task must be written, and at least one task must include an oral component