Starting Point & Structure - IB Theatre - Collaborative Project (last assessment 2023)

Exploring the Starting Point

Sculpture at starting point of South West Coast Path, Minehead, Somerset, England Each individual student in a collaborative group must lead a practical exploration of an idea or material related to the starting point.

He or she should think about how to structure this exploration and what would yield the most potential theatrical material.

The practical exploration should be based on an area of the starting point that the student is interested in.

Once the collaborative groups have developed their material and their various pieces of action or scenes, they will need to decide how to put them all together.

Use the IB handouts on this page to examine some of the approaches you might take for your group's starting point and structure.

IB Theatre - Collaborative Project

Starting Points
Use this form to possible starting point suggestions for: Event; Idea, issue, question, or theme; Image or photograph; and Non-dramatic text (poem, short story, newspaper article, research paper, etc.)
Exploring the starting point
Use this form to record your ideas for possible practical exploration activities: games and exercises; Visual; Physical; Voice-led; Written; Playing with materials; and Spatial.
Structuring Material
A list of ten different models that can be used for structuring material in a collaborative theatre piece, with diagrams and definitions: The domino; The spiral or the onion; The chain; The collection; The washing line; The frame; The cycle; Traditional; and Aesthetic.
Student Process Checklist: Collaboratively Creating Original Theatre
A checklist of the eleven different tasks involved for the student completing Task 4, Collaborative Project, for IB Theatre.

IB Theatre - Collaborative Project (last assessment 2023): Starting Point & Structure

Exploring the Starting Point

IB Theatre - Collaborative Project