Drama & Theatre Studies AS Level

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This course provides an exciting opportunity to study drama and theatre as a single subject as part of a flourishing department. You will extend your skills in both the understanding of theatre and the performance of drama. You will work in specialist facilities, be involved in a wide range of performance tasks and take part in a variety of workshops. You will need to have a real commitment to the study of Theatre, academically and practically, involving new ideas and forms of performance.AS LevelIn your first year you will study one set play and attend a range of live productions which will form the basis of your written examination (60%). The practical exam (32%) will be the performance of an extract of a published play which will adopt the style of a practitioner studied on the course with supporting notes (8%).A2 LevelIn your second year you will study two set plays from the perspective of an actor, director or designer which form the basis of your written examination (60%). The practical exam (32%) will involve the devising of an original piece of theatre as a group for performance and coursework of supporting notes (8%). You will have the option to attend a creative and cultural residential theatre trip to Paris.

Course information

Name: Drama & Theatre Studies AS Level Qualification title: GCE AS Level in Drama and Theatre Studies Qualification type: Assessment It is not advisable to combine Performance Studies and Drama and Theatre Studies. It is important to realise that this will reduce options at Higher Education and involve an increase of weekend and evening rehearsals producing potential conflicts of study across the two courses. Awarding Assessment & Qualifications Alliance Created 20151217 14:05:24 Updated 20151217 14:05:24

Entry requirements

None

Provider

Peter Symonds College: Adult Education
Further Education
ace@psc.ac.uk
01962 886166
http://www.psc.ac.uk/ace/

Address

Stoney Lane
Weeke Town: Winchester County:Hants