Pearson Edexcel GCSE Drama 2025 Paper 3a Question Paper

Download the official Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) Drama Component 3: Theatre Makers in Practice question paper for the Summer 2025 examination series (1DR0/3A). This downloadable PDF contains the complete Morning paper sat on Thursday 8 May 2025, including Section A set-text performance questions and Section B live-theatre evaluation tasks in the original Edexcel exam format.
This paper includes detailed extracts and performance-analysis questions from A Doll’s House, An Inspector Calls, Antigone, Government Inspector, The Crucible and Twelfth Night. Students are required to analyse acting, directing and design choices including lighting, set, staging, sound, costume, props and physical theatre techniques. The examination also includes live-theatre evaluation tasks focused on atmosphere, costume design and stage-space usage. Pair this resource with the matching Edexcel 1DR0/3A Summer 2025 mark scheme on markscheme.net for complete examiner-standard GCSE Drama revision and self-assessment. Updated for the 2025/2026 academic year, fully mobile optimised and instantly downloadable.

This document is designed for GCSE Drama students preparing for the 2026 Edexcel examination series, including Year 10 and Year 11 learners, private candidates, resit students and home-educated learners studying Theatre Makers in Practice. It is ideal for practising authentic Edexcel drama-analysis questions, performance interpretation, directing decisions and live-theatre evaluation under real examination conditions.

Teachers, tutors, drama clubs and revision-course providers can use this paper to set timed mock examinations, improve analytical-writing skills, develop theatrical vocabulary and identify weaknesses in acting, design and directing responses before the 2026 exams.