CCEA A-Level Performing Arts AS 2 Planning and Realising a Performing Arts Event quiz quiz

Sit a written paper on the history of theatre

Audition for a drama school place

Write a critical essay on a single play

Plan, develop and realise a live event for an audience, recorded in a supporting document

AO1 and AO2

AO2 and AO3

AO3 and AO4

AO1 only

To replace the live event

To list the cast and crew only

To let a moderator follow how the event was planned, developed and realised

To record the lighting rig

Record decisions and their reasons, not a diary of activity

Write it the night before submission

Include only the budget

Keep it as short as possible

Because groups are easier to mark

Because individual work is not allowed at AS

Because there are not enough venues

Because performing arts events are made by teams cooperating to a shared plan

By doing all the work yourself

By recording only the group's collective decisions

By evidencing your own responsibilities, decisions and problems solved

By avoiding any group meetings

Schedules, role allocations, budgets and contingency plans

Only a final photograph

A copy of the exam timetable

Nothing until after the event

Evaluation

Realisation

Planning the concept, audience, venue, roles, schedule and budget

Marketing only

Planning the after-party; it does not matter

Anticipating what could go wrong and preparing a backup; it is part of AO3

Choosing the interval music; it is optional

Writing the programme notes; it is AO2

How tired everyone felt

Its original aims, using evidence such as audience response and footage

The length of the rehearsals only

Other students' events

By a written exam

By coursework, internally assessed and externally moderated

By a viva with an external examiner

By ticket sales

It does not connect to them

It only affects the AS grade

It bridges personal skill to project management, which the A2 production company extends

It replaces the A2 units entirely

'We had a productive meeting today.'

'We scheduled two nights because last year's box-office and our rehearsal readiness pointed that way.'

'Everyone worked hard.'

'The show was great.'

To understand the script

To run the planned event for an audience

To budget the production

To write the evaluation