Drama

Official curriculum and assessment

To start HSC Drama revision, open the 2025 Drama written paper. Use the official resources below to choose a task, attempt it independently and check your response against the available assessment guidance. The practice sequence below explains how to turn that review into a focused next attempt. Confirm the paper’s course and syllabus year before using it.

• 2025 Drama written paper (PDF)
• 2025 official report or marking guidance (PDF)
• 2024 Drama written paper (PDF)
• 2024 official report or marking guidance (PDF)

Editorial guidance prepared 3 November 2026.

How to practise this subject

These practice suggestions are editorial guidance from Australian Study Resources.

1. Open the 2025 Drama written paper, Section I Q1. Task focus — Explain how Australian plays could be staged so that a range of concerns reaches audiences, using both plays studied and the student's own experiential learning. Attempt it before consulting the marking guidance, then identify the evidence or working that supports your answer.
2. Open the 2025 Drama written paper, Section II Q2. Task focus — Compare possible stagings of the two plays that would voice society's and culture's judgements about women. Attempt it before consulting the marking guidance, then identify the evidence or working that supports your answer.
3. Open the 2025 Drama written paper, Section II Q3. Task focus — Explain how exploring the way an actor's presence is expressed shaped the student's understanding of contemporary theatre practice, drawing on both practitioners and texts. Attempt it before consulting the marking guidance, then identify the evidence or working that supports your answer.
4. Record the specific point you missed, write a corrected response, and attempt another question that requires the same skill. Check older material against your current course before reusing it.