Drama study guides

A complete overview of Component 2, Text in Action, in Eduqas A-Level Drama and Theatre. Explains the devised piece from a WJEC stimulus (different practitioner from Component 1), the contrasting scripted extract from a professionally produced text, the process and evaluation report, the visiting examiner, and how AO1, AO2 and AO4 are earned across 120 marks (40 per cent).

A complete overview of Component 3, Text in Performance, in Eduqas A-Level Drama and Theatre. Explains the 2 hour 30 minute written exam, its three sections (Section A structured questions, Section B essay, Section C printed extract), the two complete set texts (one pre-1956, one post-1956), the open-book rule, and how to answer as a theatre maker for AO3 and AO4 across 120 marks (40 per cent).

A complete overview of Component 1, Theatre Workshop, in Eduqas A-Level Drama and Theatre. Explains the reinterpretation of an extract through one practitioner, the performer and designer routes, the creative log, internal assessment and external moderation, and how AO1 and AO2 are earned across 60 marks (20 per cent).

A complete overview of the Component 3 exam skills for Eduqas A-Level Drama and Theatre: answering as a theatre maker, using the open book well, reading command words and mark tariffs, structuring an evaluative essay, and managing time across the three sections, so knowledge becomes complete answers for AO3 and AO4.

A complete overview of the live theatre and design skills in Eduqas A-Level Drama and Theatre: the vocal and physical performance toolkit, the four design disciplines (set, costume, lighting, sound), and watching and analysing live theatre, with how each is described precisely and tied to the audience for AO2, AO3 and AO4 across the components.

A deep-dive overview of the Eduqas A-Level Drama and Theatre practitioners and theatre makers: Stanislavski's psychological realism, Brecht's epic theatre, Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty, Berkoff's stylised total theatre, and the listed companies (Frantic Assembly, Complicite, Kneehigh, Punchdrunk, DV8), plus how to choose one for Component 1 and a different one for Component 2.