Drama study guides
SQA-ADVANCED-HIGHER · Advanced Higher (SQA) · aligned to SQA.
- Performance: overview of the SQA Advanced Higher Drama practical component
An overview of the Performance component of SQA Advanced Higher Drama, worth 50 of the 100 marks: choosing one option - acting, directing or design - and realising a coherent performance concept for a text, assessed practically by a visiting assessor.
📖 8 min readAdvanced Higher - The Assignment: overview of the SQA Advanced Higher Drama written analysis
An overview of the Assignment of SQA Advanced Higher Drama, worth 20 of the 100 marks: researching and analysing a professional theatrical production and at least one practitioner, then writing an analytical response to one of two set questions under controlled conditions.
📖 7 min readAdvanced Higher - The Project-Dissertation: overview of the SQA Advanced Higher Drama independent research project
An overview of the project-dissertation of SQA Advanced Higher Drama, worth 30 of the 100 marks: an independent research project of 2,500 to 3,000 words engaging with at least one influential practitioner and sustaining a referenced line of argument.
📖 7 min readAdvanced Higher - Theatre Practitioners: overview of the influential practitioners studied in SQA Advanced Higher Drama
An overview of the influential theatre practitioners studied in SQA Advanced Higher Drama: Stanislavski's psychological realism, Brecht's epic theatre, and the physical and experimental tradition, and how to apply a practitioner's theory to performance and analysis.
📖 8 min readAdvanced Higher