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DRAMA & THEATRE STUDIES

DRAMA AC ASTUDIAETHAU

THEATR

Drama and Theatre Studies provides students with an in-depth understanding of Theatre Arts, and also provides
opportunities to develop practical skills in performing, directing and devising through practical and theoretical
exploration. Students will gain knowledge of influential Theatrical Practitioners, an ability to analyse texts from a
performance perspective and, through theatre visits, the ability to evaluate good theatre practice. Students who study
Drama and Theatre Studies should have a genuine interest in the theatre, enjoy performance work and have achieved at
least a C at GCSE. Although students with a C grade or equivalent may find the theory work challenging.

Unit 1: Theatre Workshop - non-exam assessment: internally assessed, externally moderated (24% of qualification).
Learners will be assessed on either acting or design. Learners participate in the creation, development and
performance of a piece of theatre, based on a reinterpretation of an extract from a text chosen from a list supplied
by WJEC. The piece must be developed using the techniques and working methods of either an influential theatre
practitioner or a recognised theatre company. Learners must produce: a realisation of the performance or design, a
creative log and an evaluation.

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