GCSE Drama₈₂₆₁

This subject content is assessed practically.

• performer or
• lighting designer or
• sound designer or
• set designer or
• costume designer or
• puppet designer.

Costume designers may choose to include make-up and/or hair and/or masks. Set designers may choose to include design of props.

Each student must choose one specialism only for all the Texts in practice content.

Students may choose the same or a different specialism to the one chosen for the Devising drama content.

Students must learn how to contribute to text-based drama in a live theatre context for an audience.

Students must draw on and demonstrate a practical understanding of the subject content listed in Knowledge and understanding .

• interpret texts
• create and communicate meaning
• realise artistic intention in text-based drama.

For assessment, students must perform or create realised designs for two extracts from one play which contrasts to the set play studied in Component 1.

See Component 3: Texts in practice for details.