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Solo Theatre Piece 2022: Fly High, Solo.
The new IB DP Theatre STP (Solo Theatre Piece) Student Info Booklet is here! With a senior examiner's perspective, we unpack exactly what it takes to hit top marks. We'll explore how to structure the written report, as well as how to make the most of that all-important audience feedback. Packed with the right questions, you'll be prompted to include your original ideas with clarity and relevance to the criteria. Download this info booklet for free!

Kieran Burgess
Aug 30, 20222 min read
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Collaborative Project 2022: A Collaborative Comeback!
The Student Info Booklet for the IB DP Theatre Collaborative Project is here! Read on to learn more about how to ace this assessment task: both the performance and the report to be submitted to IB for up to 40% of the final subject grade. With detailed guidance on what should be included to hit top marks, and the right questions asked to make sure your original ideas come to the fore, this booklet will walk you through the whole process of creating your report.

Kieran Burgess
Jun 27, 20222 min read
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Production Proposal 2022: Set Your Imagination Free!
The Production Proposal is the IA in the current IB DP Theatre course. The student info booklet is here already! It unpacks how to structure the proposal, what to include to hit top marks, and asks the right questions so your original ideas come through strongly. Totally free, this pack will talk you through the whole process of exploring a play and completing this assessment task.

Kieran Burgess
Mar 25, 20224 min read
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New DP Theatre course goes live!
Free resources for the new IB DP Theatre course, starting with this one page overview of all tasks and criteria.

Kieran Burgess
Feb 28, 20221 min read
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Accessing Artaud: Four Layers of Cruelty
An introduction to Antonin Artaud and what he meant by 'Theatre of Cruelty' - with four layers of cruelty proposed.

Kieran Burgess
Sep 9, 202110 min read
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Learning Through Lockdown
The big jump on the spectrum of the flipped classroom has engendered belief within our parent body that learning takes place in many forms.

Kieran Burgess
May 28, 20215 min read
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Student Agency and Online Learning: the chicken and the egg
COVID closure actually upped our learning levels. How did we create a culture that prepared students to thrive throughout online learning?

Kieran Burgess
Jul 20, 20209 min read
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Teaching DP Theatre in Online Learning
Email arrives. Coronavirus chaos. For those of you also in school closure, here are my online lessons for a mock PP/DN in IB DP Theatre.

Kieran Burgess
Mar 9, 20203 min read
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The Quest For Professional Theatre Company Practice
Researching collaborative companies for IB DP Theatre is a tough ask. I set out to fix it with this education pack made for IB Theatre peeps

Kieran Burgess
Dec 18, 20196 min read
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Space: The Final Frontier
We used movement as a starting point for identifying shapes, lines, intersections, and points of concentration in our space.

Kieran Burgess
Oct 5, 20192 min read
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Planning of Space: The Final Frontier
Workshop resources and additional reading for the scenography workshop led by Kieran Burgess. With some practical tips on lighting and set.

Kieran Burgess
Jul 13, 20191 min read
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[Obsolete] Directors Notebook: The most fun task in IB Theatre (until 2022)
Top tips and free resources for the Play Analysis and Directors Notebook task at IB Theatre. Useful guidance for teachers and students

Kieran Burgess
Jun 25, 20195 min read
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Creating Immersive Theatre: Workshop Resources
Companion resources to the Immersive Theatre teachers' workshop in Bangkok.

Kieran Burgess
Jun 24, 20192 min read
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[Obsolete] Research Presentation: Working with World Theatre Traditions (until 2022)
Workshop Resources from Noh sessions led by Kieran, and top tips for success in the IB Theatre Research Presentation task.

Kieran Burgess
Jun 24, 20195 min read
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[Obsolete] Solo Theatre Piece: Bossing HL Theatre (until 2022)
I'm a senior examiner for the STP, and go into schools to lead workshops. But if your budget doesn't stretch to that, read my top tips here.

Kieran Burgess
Jun 23, 20197 min read
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The Robot That Got Into Tokyo University
With AI making whole industries and job sectors obsolete, we look at how inept our education system is at readying students for life ahead.

Kieran Burgess
Jun 20, 20184 min read
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The Motivation for Creativity in School
Is there ever a place for extrinsic motivation in education? This research suggests yes.

Kieran Burgess
May 30, 20186 min read
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