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Two actors look at each other shock, the one on the left is holding a bunch of flowers above their head and the one on the right is pointing offstage.

Complicité Does A Level Drama

Complicité’s extraordinary ensemble of Associate Artists and theatre-makers took their A Level Drama qualification. 

To support students studying for their A Level Drama, the Complicité team joined them on the journey.

In October 2021, we challenged our team of practitioners and theatre-makers to create two new devised pieces of work under A Level conditions with the supervision of an experienced teacher. The team even completed the written component of the course, all undertaken in the Company’s trademark spirit of playfulness, curiosity and risk taking.

The resulting productions toured to London schools and colleges in Autumn 2021 to audiences of students who were themselves taking A Level Drama. Complicité Associates shared their experience of the devising process and exchange ideas through a post-show conversations with the students, giving a rare opportunity for students to access the Company’s working processes with insights into physical training and play.

© Sarah Ainslie

The actors sit in a circle and laugh together as they discuss ideas and write them in their notebooks
An actor discusses their vision, while sitting cross-legged on the floor, with some of the acting group also in shot
An actor in the foreground uniquely wears a white nightgown by hanging the full garment across their front (with a jumper underneath!)
An actor in the foreground leans backward, holding their hand out upwards and diagonally, while other actors mirror them with similar but more extreme movements backwards and upwards
An actor looks with a slight note of fear to their left, off-camera
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