VCE Theatre Studies (Year 12)
VCE Theatre Studies (Year 12) on VCE Vault: 8 lessons written for Year 12 (VCE, Victorian Certificate of Education), each with worked examples, practice questions and Aari, an AI tutor. The first 4 lessons are free; the whole subject is a one-off A$14.99.
VCE Theatre Studies past exams 2023–2025: 30 questions matched to these lessons.
Lessons
Foundations of Theatre Making
- Production Roles and the Three Phases of Production (free) — Describe the responsibilities of theatre production roles and how each works through the planning, development and presentation phases.
- Theatre Styles, Context and Dramaturgy (free) — Research the context of a script and its theatre style, and use dramaturgical research to inform an interpretation.
Unit 3 — Producing Theatre
- Interpreting a Script — The Director’s Concept and Design Concept (free) — Develop a director’s concept and design concept for a script, and explain how production roles realise it.
- Stagecraft in Action — Set, Costume, Lighting, Sound and Acting Choices (free) — Apply stagecraft in detail — set, costume, lighting, sound, make-up, props and acting — to realise an interpretation, using precise technical vocabulary.
- Analysing and Evaluating a Playlist Production — Analyse and evaluate how actors, directors and designers interpreted a script in a production from the VCAA playlist.
Unit 4 — Presenting an Interpretation
- Dramaturgical Research and Theatrical Possibilities for the Prescribed Scene — Research a prescribed scene and its embedded monologue, and present a range of theatrical possibilities justified by dramaturgy.
- Interpreting the Monologue — As Actor and Director, or as Designer — Realise an interpretation of the prescribed monologue either as an actor and director or as a designer, and justify your choices.
Exam Preparation
- Theatre Studies Exam Strategy — Prepare for Theatre Studies assessments with strategies for interpreting unseen scripts, analysing playlist productions and presenting your monologue interpretation.