Drama study guides

A complete overview of Edexcel GCSE Drama Component 3 Section B (Live Theatre Evaluation): analysing and evaluating a live performance you have seen, using the describe-name-effect method and the permitted 500 words of notes, across the acting and the design for AO4.

A complete overview of Edexcel GCSE Drama Component 1 (Devising): creating and developing an original piece from a stimulus, developing and rehearsing it, performing or designing for it, and producing the portfolio that documents and evaluates the process for AO1, AO2 and AO4.

A complete overview of the physical, vocal and spatial skills at the heart of Edexcel GCSE Drama: how the body, voice and stage space communicate character and meaning, how to combine them into a sustained characterisation, and how these skills underpin every component of the qualification.

A complete overview of Edexcel GCSE Drama exam technique and assessment: the three components and four objectives, structuring the Section A response to its mark tariffs, using context in the written exam, and managing timing and command words across the 1 hour 45 minute paper.

A complete overview of the four design disciplines in Edexcel GCSE Drama: lighting, sound, set and costume. How each communicates mood, focus and meaning, the technical vocabulary the written exam rewards, and how to take a design route in the coursework components.

A complete overview of Edexcel GCSE Drama Component 2 (Performance from a Text): performing in or designing for two key extracts of a contrasting play, interpreting a character and a playwright's text, and applying theatrical skills with control for the visiting examiner, assessed entirely as AO2.

A complete overview of the Edexcel GCSE Drama Component 3 Section A set-text study: studying one complete performance text practically, and answering the performer, director and designer parts of the question on an unseen printed extract for AO3.

A complete overview of theatre practitioners and styles in Edexcel GCSE Drama: naturalism and non-naturalism, Brecht and epic theatre, Stanislavski and naturalistic acting, the main drama techniques and conventions, and how to apply a practitioner's methods to your own devising, performance and directing.