Devising — IGCSE Drama (0994) questions by topic
Explaining the challenges of developing a stimulus for a devised piece, playing a role from a set play to show obsessive behaviour, offering performance advice, and evaluating a devised piece's use of performance space structure this page's 12 questions, drawn from 2023 to 2025 papers and worth between 3 and 15 marks. Explain, evaluate and give move you between reflecting on your own devising process and advising a specific performance.
Because devising questions draw on your own practical work, submit your written reflection for instant marking to see whether the scheme credits specific, personal detail about your process over general statements about devising.
May–June 2025, Paper 12
Read from line 260 [FELIX just stares straight ahead.] to line 312 [The Bell rings.]. Give three different pieces of performance advice to the actor playing the role of OSCAR…
Answer this question and get it marked →Read the passage from line 14 ['An ice-cold drink for Murray.'] to line 47 ['I'll give you two hundred dollars for your gun.']. How would you play the role of FELIX UNGAR to show…
Answer this question and get it marked →Read the passage from line 162 [Comes to doorway …] to line 241 […storms off towards his bedroom.]. How could the actors playing FELIX UNGAR and OSCAR MADISON emphasise their…
Answer this question and get it marked →If you were playing the role of ALICE, how would you show her confusion in Wonderland? Make close reference to specific lines from the extract in your answer.
Answer this question and get it marked →Questions 10 and 11 are based on a devised piece that you have developed and performed. Explain the challenges that you faced in developing your stimulus for your devised piece…
Answer this question and get it marked →Questions 10 and 11 are based on a devised piece that you have developed and performed. Evaluate the effectiveness of your use of the performance space in communicating your…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2025, Paper 14
Explain the challenges that you faced in developing your stimulus for your devised piece and how you addressed them. [10]
Answer this question and get it marked →Evaluate the effectiveness of your use of the performance space in communicating your devised piece to the audience. [15]
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2024, Paper 12
Explain how you used and adapted your stimulus to devise your piece. Support your answer with examples.
Answer this question and get it marked →Evaluate how effectively your group's performance engaged the audience. Make close reference to your piece to support your evaluation.
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2023, Paper 12
Evaluate how effectively you developed the characters in your devised piece during the rehearsal process. Support your answer with examples.
Answer this question and get it marked →How successful was the use of design elements in your devised piece? Make close reference to your piece to support your evaluation.
Answer this question and get it marked →Other IGCSE Drama topics
- Performing (acting) (15)
- Design (13)
- Directing (9)