D.

Theatre in context: The Learner

D1 To what extent is the student able to assess the impact the investigation has had on them as
a performer.

 You should speak genuinely and enthusiastically about the impact the work has had on you
as learner.
 You must ensure that you make links to other learning experiences you have had as a
performer. This needs to be an experience from the past. You must not refer to future
aspirations.
 A performance can include roles that you have had on stage in a play, an in-class
performance or presentation or any other public performance (public speaking, dance
performance etc) you have been in.

D2 To what extent is the student able to connect their learning in this task to other learning
experiences encountered in the theatre course?

 In the past, this has been poorly done. The task is to compare your convention with one
other performance practice, not to compare your chosen tradition with other practices.
 A common mistake was that candidates compared their tradition (not their chosen
convention) to another practice.
 Many candidates compared their convention to a person rather than a practice (for example
talking about Brecht, rather than Epic Theatre). This is incorrect. A performance practice can
be rooted in theory (Theatre of the Oppresssed, Viewpoints), genre or style (Naturalism,
Absurdism) or a tradition (Wayang, Kecak)
 Note that the assessment criteria say: connections and/or comparisons so you do not have
to give similarities and differences; simple pertinent connections would suffice with the
mark depending on whether listed, outlined, described or explained.