UK · Subject guide
Drama and Theatre
A-Level Drama and Theatre (AQA 7262), studied from the perspectives of performer, designer and director.
01 · Overview
Drama and Theatre
A-Level Drama and Theatre (AQA 7262), studied from the perspectives of performer, designer and director.
- Subject guide
- A-Levels
- Topics mapped
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02 · Complete topic map
Complete topic map
Every topic recorded for this subject in the curriculum is reproduced below in its full hierarchy. The descriptions reflect the mapped scope without implying additional exam rules.
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Foundations: the three components
The written exam (open book), Creating Original Drama and Making Theatre, and the roles of performer, designer and director.
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Working as performer, designer or director
The three perspectives applied throughout, with designer disciplines spanning lighting, sound, set, costume and puppets.
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Theatre practitioners and their methodologies
Practitioners such as Stanislavski, Brecht, Artaud, Berkoff, Grotowski, Boal and Meyerhold, and companies such as Complicite and Frantic Assembly.
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Genres, styles and theatrical conventions
Naturalism, epic and political theatre, theatre of cruelty, physical and devised work, verbatim, immersive theatre and expressionism.
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Set play from List A
One pre-1956 set play studied from at least two of the roles of performer, designer and director.
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Set play from List B
One modern set play studied from all three roles of performer, designer and director.
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Interpreting a play text for performance
Developing a directorial concept, characterisation and design realisation, turning theory into practice.
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Live theatre evaluation
Analysing and evaluating a live production: how meaning was communicated and how far the team's aims were met.
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Design elements: lighting, sound, set, costume (and puppets)
How each design element creates atmosphere, meaning and interpretation.
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Devising original drama
Creating from a stimulus through idea development, research, exploration and rehearsal, collaboration and refinement.
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Practitioner influence on devising
Applying one practitioner's methodology to the devised piece.
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Working Notebook
Documenting the devising process: research, decisions, development and evaluation of one's own contribution.
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Devised performance and realisation
The final group devised piece, performed, directed or realised as design.
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Text in performance: three key extracts
Practical exploration of three extracts from different plays, leading to a performance or realised design of one.
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Practitioner methodology and reflective report
Evidencing a practitioner's methodology in the realised extract, with the accompanying reflective report.
03 · Where this subject applies
Where this subject applies
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Pathways and specifications
AS-Level
Advanced Subsidiary — the first year of A-Level study (standalone or first half of the full A-Level).
A-Level (A2)
The full Advanced Level — AS content plus the second-year A2 content.
Nations and regions
All registered regions
04 · Official sources
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