IB Theatre - Collaborative Project (first assessment 2024): Audience Impact

Before your  final performance your ensemble will need to decide how to measure the impact  you have had on your audience, so that you can compare it to your intended impact as you wrote in your group's Theatre-maker Intentions. (Criterion Aii).

There are different ways to evaluate the impact of a performance on an audience.

• Audience surveys - After the performance, distribute surveys to the audience. Ask about their emotional reactions, understanding of the themes, and overall satisfaction. You can use open-ended questions, or use structured Likert scale questions to measure the degree of sentiment about something or agreement with a statement.
• Post-performance discussions – Have a Q&A session (talkback) or panel discussion with the audience. Encourage them to share their thoughts, questions, and personal connections to the performance.
• Interviews
• Webpage/wiki/Facebook or social network space specifically dedicated to the production
•  Activities and games
• A visitors' book
• Audio recorders
• Giving out paper and pens or pencils - Ask people to draw their favorite moment on one side and give a brief explanation on the other.
• “Vox-popping” individuals' immediate responses - As they leave the space, ask them for the first three words that come into their head when they think of the performance.

Before asking for feedback from your audience, Make it clear to them that there are no right or wrong answers. You want them to be honest and genuine when they give their responses to your performance.

Criterion Aii for the Collaborative Project requires you to evaluate the piece as a whole. Split your intentions into constituent parts.

• To what extent did you meet or not meet each?
• How do you know?