TEACHING METHODS

By studying Drama and Theatre A Level, you will be immersed in learning in a number of ways through:

• Professional theatre workshops.
• Academic workshops to stretch your written capabilities.
• Exceptional audition preparation and advice.
• Creating original performances in a professional theatre

Where can this course take me?

By studying Drama and Theatre A Level in our Performing Arts Centre of Excellence, students will not only develop their practical and theoretical knowledge and skills but also pick up transferrable skills highly sought out by employers.

Employability skills:

• cognitive and problem-solving skills: using critical thinking, approaching non-routine problems applying expert and creative solutions, using systems and technology
• interpersonal skills: communicating, working collaboratively, negotiating and influencing, self-presentation
• intrapersonal skills: self-management, adaptability and resilience, self-monitoring and development

Transferable skills that universities value include:

• the ability to learn independently
• the ability to research actively and methodically
• being able to give presentations and being active group members

Daisy Roberts Silverthorne

19

31

Sam Dodds

Holly Rust

45

Jack Saunders

Esther Jay (2)

16

Fun facts

• The arts create independent learners and develop students emotional intelligence. They require the students to set their own agenda from within themselves, rather than follow set topics as in other subjects. They have to make independent decisions all the way, and be self-critical. They also need to be brave in exposing their creations, and accept criticism. Working in teams makes students into effective communicators.
•  Arts ‘reach the parts other subjects can’t reach.’ The arts develop the broader dimensions of the human being – mind, body and soul. The arts can express the inexpressible and make sense of things that otherwise do not seem to. This can be very fulfilling and helps us function as human beings – which can only be good for society as a whole.
•  Arts ‘reach the students other subjects can’t reach.’ Teachers find arts subjects particularly beneficial for two groups: those who struggle with traditional subjects and those who are high achieving. Less academic students can become defeatist if they feel they can’t achieve: drama, music or art can be the place they blossom. With studious students, the arts can bring them out of themselves and be a release.