Drama 0411

Choose your paper route

• Exams in 2025–2027Paper 1: 2 h 30 min · 80 marks · two pre-release extracts; Component 2: 120 marks · 60%

  Use the correct administrative-zone pre-release materials supplied by the centre. Paper 1 uses Sections A, B and C; candidates must not take prepared material into the exam. Component 2 has individual scripted, group scripted and group devised performances.

• Exam in 2028Paper 1: 2 h 30 min · 80 marks · two pre-release extracts; Component 2: 120 marks · 60%

  The 2028 syllabus has its own published version. Check its paper instructions and centre materials for the actual exam; do not assume that the 2029 set-play route applies.

• Exams in 2029–2031Paper 1: 2 h · 60 marks · one clean-text set play; Component 2: 90 marks · 60%

  Paper 1 is open text with five questions on one of these plays: Life of Pi, Pygmalion, The 39 Steps, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, or Trouble in Mind. Use the edition specified by Cambridge where one is named. Coursework adds an individual evaluative review. The 2029 coursework mark cannot be carried forward from a previous series.

Cambridge does not expect prior Drama study. The 2029–2031 syllabus says candidates may take a clean, unannotated copy of the set text into Paper 1; use the required edition where one is specified. StudyForA teaches transferable set-play analysis and original practice scenes. Students and teachers must select and study the complete set play and the specified edition for their actual examination year; these lessons do not replace close study of that chosen text.

Practice the papers

• Pre-release extracts and devised dramaPaper 1 · 2025–2027 · 8 lessons
  Build a scene with dramatic elementsShape voice for meaning and audienceUse movement and space to tell the storyCreate and sustain a roleDirect a scene toward an intentionMake design choices support the dramaMove from script to performanceChoose the right 0411 assessment route

  Transferable practice only. Ask the centre for the correct year and administrative-zone extracts; StudyForA does not reproduce protected pre-release materials.

• 2028 written examinationPaper 1 · 2028 · 8 lessons
  Build a scene with dramatic elementsShape voice for meaning and audienceUse movement and space to tell the storyCreate and sustain a roleDirect a scene toward an intentionMake design choices support the dramaMove from script to performanceChoose the right 0411 assessment route

  Use the separate 2028 syllabus and centre-issued materials. The paper remains an 80-mark, two-extract pre-release route.

• Open-text set-play examinationPaper 1 · 2029–2031 · 8 lessons
  Build a scene with dramatic elementsShape voice for meaning and audienceUse movement and space to tell the storyCreate and sustain a roleDirect a scene toward an intentionMake design choices support the dramaMove from script to performanceChoose the right 0411 assessment route

  Study the complete selected play and required edition. StudyForA teaches transferable set-play analysis and original practice scenes. Students and teachers must select and study the complete set play and the specified edition for their actual examination year; these lessons do not replace close study of that chosen text.

• Individual, group and devised performanceComponent 2 · 8 lessons
  Shape voice for meaning and audienceUse movement and space to tell the storyCreate and sustain a roleDirect a scene toward an intentionMake design choices support the dramaCreate an original piece from a stimulusRehearse, listen and improve togetherEvaluate how well drama communicates

  Live individual and ensemble performances, rehearsal safety, teacher-supervised coursework, official marking and Cambridge moderation are not assessed or certified by StudyForA. For exams in 2025–2027, centre-supplied pre-release materials and administrative-zone instructions are required. For 2029–2031, the candidate's evaluative review must be their own unaided work; use only fictional examples for AI practice.