KS4 Drama

GCSE Drama is an exciting and stimulating course which encourages individuality, confidence and creativity. Specific theatre skills are developed during the course, but more general and transferable skills such as teamwork, problem-solving, communication, evaluation and analysis can also be acquired through the study of drama.

You will get the chance to create your own original work through devising and improvisation, as well as to rehearse and present scenes from published scripts, and to experiment with the technical aspects of lighting, sound and costume.

Theatre visits to a variety of venues are an enjoyable, interesting and necessary part of the course. Much of the learning takes place by ‘getting up and doing’, but there is also a strong focus on written work and lively discussion.

The specification is WJEC Eduqas Drama, which is comprised of 70% theory and 30% practical work.

Unit 1 Devising Theatre – 40 %

Learners participate in the creation, development and performance of a piece of devised theatre using either the techniques of an influential practitioner or genre, in response to a stimulus set by the exam board. – Students must create a portfolio documenting the process and an evaluation - this can be written or submitted via video blog or a combination of the two.

Unit 2 Performing from a text — 20%

Students study a text and perform two extracts from the text to a visiting examiner.

Unit 3 Interpreting Theatre — 40% — Written paper — 90 minutes

Students will complete two sections in the exam.

Section A: is based on the text Hard to Swallow, studied in lesson, and students answer questions based on an actor, designer or director.

Section B: is where students write about a piece of theatre that they have seen.