Drama

Board: Cambridge IGCSE

Examination: 40% Coursework: 60%

Examination: 40%

Written exam using pre-release material and three stimuli pieces and an extended play extract.

Practical Coursework: 60%

• One individual piece - three to five minutes. • Two group pieces of 15 minutes: one performance of an extract from a play and one devised piece.

Through practical and theoretical study pupils will develop their performance skills, understand the role of the actor, director and designer in creating a piece of theatre. They will also consider the ways in which ideas and feelings can be communicated to an audience and discover the performance possibilities of plays and devise dramatic material of their own.