FOUR PROJECTS to complete the programme

These tasks will be spread out throughout the two years of study and will undergo either "Internal Assessment" or "External Assessment." 

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- graded at our school by teachers within the IB Programme

EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT- blind graded by examiners at other schools that have IB Programmes. These examiners could be located as far away as Hong Kong, London, or Sao Paolo.

Students choose a published play text they have not previously studied and develop ideas regarding how it could be staged for an audience. Each student submits for assessment:

• a director’s notebook (20 pages maximum), which includes the student’s presentation of his or her final directorial intentions and the intended impact of these on an audience

• a list of all sources cited.

Collaborative project: Students collaboratively create and present an original piece of theatre (lasting 13–15 minutes) for and to a specified target audience, created from a starting point of their choice. Each student submits for assessment:

• a process portfolio (15 pages maximum)
• a video recording (4 minutes maximum) evidencing the student’s contribution to the presentation of the collaboratively created piece. The selected footage must be chosen by the student and must demonstrate specific theatre-maker choices made by the student
• a list of all sources cited.

Research presentation: Students plan and deliver an individual presentation (15 minutes maximum) to their peers in which they outline and physically demonstrate their research into a convention of a theatre tradition they have not previously studied. Each student submits for assessment:

• a continuous, unedited video recording of the live presentation (15 minutes maximum)
• a list of all sources cited and any additional resources used by the student during the presentation that are not clearly seen within the video recording

the research presentation 30%

external assessment

Students keep a theatre journal throughout the two-year theatre course, which charts their development and their experiences of theatre as a creator, designer, director, performer and spectator.

This could be a student's most valuable personal asset after graduating. It's a diary, a sketchbook, and a collection of ideas. Students are encouraged to use apps like Evernote, Pinterest, and Tumblr for the Journal if they choose.