Presenting Theatre

The presenting theatre area requires that students develop and apply skills, knowledge and understanding in the following areas:

• Presenting ideas about theatre using a range of formats

• Performance skills

• The performance conventions of a particular theatre tradition

• Production skills, including scenic elements (such as set, props, costume and make-up) and technical elements (such as lighting, projection and sound)

• Audience engagement and how artistic choices have an impact on an audience

• Reflection on their presentations to an audience and their learning

Creating theatre based on theatre theory (HL only):

• Creating theatre based on theatre theory

• Creating, presenting and evaluating at least one theatre piece based on an aspect(s) of a theatre theorist’s work they have explored

Working with play texts (SL and HL):

• Working with play texts

• Directing and presenting at least one scene or section from one published play text to others

Examining world theatre traditions (SL and HL):

• Examining world theatre traditions

• Presenting a moment of theatre to others that demonstrates the performance convention(s) of at least one world theatre tradition

Collaboratively creating original theatre (SL and HL):

• Collaboratively creating original theatre

• Participating in at least one production of a collaboratively created piece of original theatre, created from a starting point (idea, issue, theme, non-dramatic text, music, object, image, event or site), presented to others.