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A Level Drama and Theatre Studies

at Ricards Lodge High School, London · school or sixth form

Level 3A levels2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

Theatre is an ever evolving collaborative art. It can not exist as one person’s work. Playwrights, designers and directors shape the work together. Throughout the development of the art form key practitioners have challenged and developed the creative process and its accepted conventions and methodologies. Theatre and drama can not exist without an audience. Drama students are story makers and communicators. The theatre of today has a classical history but has also changed and developed throughout time. It blends creative thinking, social commentary and artistic interpretation with a profound concern for what makes us human. Universities tell us that students who study Drama and Theatre Studies at A Level cover a whole range of academic disciplines, such as analysis, philosophy, critical thinking, as well as employability skills such as team working, presentation skills, public speaking, leadership, communication, motivation and initiative, independence and resilience.

What you need to get on

GCSE English Grade 6 is essential. Students may also have GCSE Drama Grade 6 or BTEC Performing Arts Acting at Merit or higher. Under exceptional circumstances, students with high levels of extra-curricular drama performance experience will be considered for this course without formal drama qualifications. You should also have practical experience of live performance.

How you are assessed

Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Not on the Section 96 list, but a school or college runs it full time, so check the age range with them.

Where it runs

  • Ricards Lodge High School

    Lake Road, London, SW19 7HB

    DaytimeClassroom based
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