Drama

GCSE Drama revision resources

Component 1 - Devised - Current Y11

From July of Year 10 to November of Year 11 you are working on your devised component

• Here are the folders which contains all of the lesson presentations and the images, videos, mind-maps etc, which you have created.

• Here are the Splendid and Drama Online login instructions, so you can see streaming theatre for free

• Here is a video of an A Level group from two years ago, which chose Splendid as their practitioner. 

• Here is a Year 11 recording from last year, they are using Splendid as their style. And here is a group from the year before, which is more like Epic Theatre.

COMP3 - Section A - Noughts & Crosses

Noughts & Crosses, by Malorie Blackman, adapted by Sabrina Mahfouz, NHB/Pilot Theatre Edition. You all have copies of the play, but if you need one, here is the correct edition. Noughts & Crosses Pilot Theatre text

There is currently no Noughts & Crosses revision book for drama, which you can buy in a shop, but there are lots of resources on the drive, such as this one, which is packed with useful information: Noughts & Crosses Eduqas information pack [There is a revision guide for the AQA syllabus, but this is for a different adaptation of the story, so avoid this one as it will just confuse you.]

Knowledge organisers: Knowledge organiser, Alternative knowledge organiser,  

[Digital resource] Use the scene by scene breakdown table to plan your staging for each section of the play.

[Digital resource] A short article about costume, hair and makeup for Noughts and crosses.

[Video resource] Use the videos on the left of the screen to watch clips from the actual original production by Pilot Theatre. There is a dramatisation of the novel on BBC iPlayer, but it is very different from the play, and we do not advise that you use it as a revision tool.

• A playlist of videos of Pilot Theatre's original performance: Playlist 

COMP3 - Section B - Splendid's Ubu

[Digital resource] Splendid productions information pack:Splendid's Ubu education pack

[Digital resource] We have subscribed to the streaming version of Ubu, available from the Splendid Productions website. Instructions about how to login are here.

[Digital resource] Knowledge organisers from the exam board which focus on the acting skills and Interpretation, audience, style and space. 

[Digital resource] The Ubu folder, including Tell Me 5 sheets, how to logon to watch Ubu, lessons slides, Mr Wilson's video commentary, PPE feedback, etc: Ubu folder. Also, here is the shared version of the Tell Me 5 that Y11 created previously.

General revision

Eduqas GCSE Drama Study & Revision Guide

Online resources:

• BBC Bitesize revision Eduqas specific

• How to talk about acting in the exam

• How to talk about design in the exam

Resources from the exam board:

• A link to the full specification

• A link to the past papers and mark schemes. You need to use the documents that refer to Component 3, which is our written exam.