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IB Theatre SL and HL

23 lessons at SL. 24 at HL, with every HL-only topic. Five-minute lessons and practice questions on every assessment task.

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Units
6
SL lessons
23
HL lessons
24
Questions
152
Key terms
78

What you will study

Every lesson follows the current IB guide. Lessons marked HL are in the HL course only. The first unit is free.

Theatre roles and the language of theatre4 lessons · free
  1. Theatre rolesThinking like a theatre-maker
  2. StagingStage spaces and staging
  3. DesignSet and lighting design
  4. DesignSound, costume and props
Performance conventions and acting approaches3 lessons
  1. Performance skillsVoice and body
  2. ConventionsPerformance conventions
  3. Acting approachesNaturalistic and non-naturalistic acting
World theatre traditions4 lessons
  1. Greek tragedyAncient Greek tragedy
  2. NohNoh theatre of Japan
  3. Commedia dell’arteCommedia dell’arte
  4. KathakaliKathakali of Kerala
Theatre theorists5 lessons
  1. StanislavskiStanislavski and the system
  2. BrechtBrecht and epic theatre
  3. ArtaudArtaud and the Theatre of Cruelty
  4. GrotowskiGrotowski and Poor Theatre
  5. BoalBoal and the Theatre of the Oppressed
Play texts and devising3 lessons
  1. Play textsReading a play text
  2. Interpreting textsFrom page to stage: a directorial vision
  3. DevisingDevising and collaborative creation
Assessment tasks4 SL · 5 HL lessons
  1. AssessmentThe course and its tasks
  2. AssessmentThe production proposal
  3. AssessmentThe research presentation
  4. AssessmentThe collaborative project
  5. HL assessmentHL: the solo theatre pieceHL

Try a question

From “Thinking like a theatre-maker”.

Questions are in English. Every answer comes with an explanation.

In IB Theatre, which role is most concerned with generating original material, for instance from a starting point?

  1. ACritic
  2. BCreator
  3. CDesigner
  4. DStage manager
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B. Creator

The creator generates new ideas and material; the other roles then shape and present it.

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