GCSE Drama Handbook suitable for Y10 and Y11.

An extensive handbook outlining the GCSE Drama course.

This will be sent as a presentation so that it is fully editable to be used in conjunction with each year.

Please note: As it is in a presentation, some fonts may not be accessible, and this may change the initial presentation of the resource, but all information is the same.

The handbook includes:

GCSE Drama Breakdown - page 3

Component 1: Devising Theatre

• Devising Theatre
• Stimuli (2026/2027)
• Portfolio Evidence
• Evaluation
• Assessment Objectives

Component 2: Performing a text

• Performing from a text
• Artistic Intention Form
• Assessment Objectives

Component 3: Interpreting Theatre

• Section A
• Section B
• Assessment Objectives

Dramatic Devices

Structural Devices

Character considerations

Technical Aspects

Examiner Expectations

Practitioner Overviews

• Brecht
• Stanislavski
• Berkoff
• Emma Rice

Genre Characteristics

• Musical Theatre
• Theatre in Education
• Physical Theatre

Drama Key Word Glossary