EPQ Theatre Studies tutors
3 UK tutors who teach Theatre Studies at EPQ.
Theatre Studies overlaps heavily with Drama. At A-level several boards label the qualification 'Drama and Theatre' or 'Drama and Theatre Studies'. Where it's offered as a distinct title, the emphasis tilts further toward analytical and contextual work: practitioner study (Brecht, Artaud, Berkoff, Boal, Frantic Assembly and others), live theatre evaluation, and written set-text response. Tutoring helps most with the practitioner-application essays and with the live-theatre review, where examiners reward specific, evidenced description over impressionistic praise. Look for tutors with theatre training and explicit familiarity with the practitioners and texts the relevant board prescribes.
The Extended Project Qualification is a Level 3 standalone qualification taken alongside A-levels (typically in Year 12 or Year 13) and is worth half an A-level (up to 28 UCAS points at A*). Students choose their own topic and produce either a 5,000-word dissertation, or an artefact / performance accompanied by a 1,000-word report, plus a production log and a viva-style presentation. AQA's spec (7993) is the largest by a wide margin (~40,000 entries/year in England); Pearson Edexcel (Dissertation P301, Investigation P302, Performance P303, Artefact P304), OCR (H856) and WJEC / Eduqas also offer it. Tutoring on EPQ is closer to academic-research mentoring than subject teaching: research-question scoping, source evaluation and citation discipline, dissertation structure, statistical analysis where relevant, and viva preparation. Look for tutors with degree-level research experience in the project's topic area; subject-specialist A-level tutors don't always cover the dissertation craft well.
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Plain-English guides
About Theatre Studies
What Theatre Studies covers across UK levels, where tutoring usually helps, and what to look for in a tutor.
About EPQ
Year groups, exam timing, and how EPQ fits into the UK qualification ladder.
Exam boards
AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas, CCEA, SQA and Cambridge International — what each is known for.
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