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Drama and Theatre Studies

at King Edward Vii School, Sheffield · school or sixth form

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

This is a two year A Level course that has a performance, practice first based approach to all aspects of the course. Over the two years you will explore the rehearsal and performance techniques of a range of theatre practitioners: directors, writers, devisors, actors, designers and companies in order to prepare you for your practical assessments and to help you develop a deep knowledge and understanding of the work of professional theatre makers and performers. You will produce two practical performances. For the first performance, you will work in a group to devise an original piece of drama from a stimulus, using the techniques of one of the practitioners you have studied. For the second performance you will explore through practical workshops three extracts from three contrasting plays one of which you will choose to perform in front of a live audience. These practical explorations and performances will need to show the clear influence of a different practitioner. You will study, using a practical, performance-based approach, two plays from a performance, design and analytical perspective. You will explore the dramatic, social and historical context of the plays, experiment with a range of dramatic interpretations, using a variety of theatre conventions and learn how to write about your ideas for performing and interpreting these plays. You will go to see and review live theatre performances and will use what you have seen to inform your own practice. It is vital that you

What you need to get on

To do A Level Drama, you need to have a GCSE or BTEC in Drama or Performing Arts. In circumstances where you were not able to take a GCSE/BTEC in Drama, experience in performance or the theatre outside of school may be acceptable, you will need to talk to us about this before you can be accepted onto the course. You should also have a Grade 5 or higher in English or English Literature at GCSE. (We can discuss this further if you have a Grade 4).

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?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

  • King Edward VII School

    GLOSSOP ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S10 2PW

    DaytimeClassroom based
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Start dates

  • 1 September 2027 · SHEFFIELD

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