The process and evaluation report for Component 2: documenting how the devised piece was created and developed, and analysing and evaluating your own work and the work of others, connecting theory and practice, so the written evidence supports AO1 and AO4.

What this dot point is asking

The process and evaluation report is the written evidence submitted with Component 2. It does two things: it documents how the devised piece was created and developed, and it analyses and evaluates your own work and the work of others, connecting theory (the practitioner's methods) to practice (your choices). It carries AO1 (creating and developing ideas) and AO4 (analysing and evaluating). The skill, as with the Component 1 creative log, is to write it as evidence of decisions, reasons and supported judgements, not as a rehearsal diary.

The answer

The two jobs of the report

A strong report does two distinct things.

1. Process. How the devised piece was created and developed: the interpretation of the stimulus, the practitioner's methods at work, and the decisions made, with reasons.
2. Evaluation. A supported judgement of your own work and the work of others, against your intentions and the practitioner's aims, with specific moments as evidence.

Connecting theory and practice

A defining feature of this report is the link between theory and practice: the practitioner's ideas should be visible in your practical choices. Stating a method and then showing the choice it produced is the connection examiners reward.

Evidence, not narration

As with the creative log, the report must show decisions, reasons and judgements, not a sequence of events. "We rehearsed the lift on Thursday" is narration; "we built a repeated lift, in Frantic Assembly's style, to show the friendship's growing imbalance, and it landed because the audience read the relationship physically" is evidence.

A report section on an Artaud-influenced moment would not narrate the rehearsal; it would state the sensory intention, explain how Artaud's ideas shaped the soundscape and lighting, describe the realised choices, and evaluate whether the moment overwhelmed the audience as intended, with what you would change. The report carries AO1 and AO4 alongside the AO2 of the live performance.

Try this

Q1. Name the two jobs of the process and evaluation report. [2 marks]

• Cue. To document how the devised piece was created and developed, and to analyse and evaluate your own work and the work of others, connecting theory and practice.

Q2. Explain how the report differs from a rehearsal diary. [3 marks]

• Cue. A diary lists events; the report shows decisions and reasons, connects the practitioner's theory to practical choices, and reaches supported judgements with specific moments as evidence.

Q3. Evaluate the effectiveness of your devised piece and your own contribution. [10 marks]

• What the marker wants. Supported judgements of specific choices against your intentions and the practitioner's aims, with evidence and audience effect, including an honest evaluation of your own role and what you would change (AO4).

A note on application

This guide is AI-written and not individually human-reviewed. The format, word allowance and assessment criteria for the report are set by Eduqas and reviewed periodically, so always confirm the current Component 2 documentation requirements with your centre and the Eduqas specification.