Taking IB Theatre was a huge difference between my last school's theatre program. When I came here, I hadn't hardly had any theatre practice and didn't know of any practitioners. I was surprised when I saw a huge stage, where before I had only known acting on red clay fields. I knew that taking DP Theatre would be challenging, but I've never been uninterested in the subjects we've learned. Each theatre practitioner we've dealt with has been new and exciting, and the class has never failed to lighten my mood. After doing a bit of physical activity in such a close-nit group, I always walked out of class in a better mood than I was in before. I'm not going to lie, sometimes Theatre has irritated me, but I think that's what every IB student says about every class they take.
Before coming to the school I had never been in a large theatre production, but I auditioned for Seussical: The Musical, and got the part of a Who from Whoville. This part gave me the freedom to be as goofy as I wanted, without being judged by the audience. After this production, I worked as the costume and makeup designer of The Canterbury Tales. I think I enjoyed working backstage even more so than on stage. Working with the costumes put my stamp on the play and when it all worked out in the end, I was overjoyed with what I had done- as I had never worked with costume/makeup design before.
Although my first year of DP Theatre did consist of a lot of writing, taking notes, watching slide shows and videos, and listen to facts about theatre practitioners, there was so much physical involvement and opportunities for students to be expressive. This created a nice balance between "work" and "play". For example, we participated in ISSEA Arts and Drama, which was hosted in Lusaka. We worked with people from different schools and different cultures. This experience really broadened not only my thoughts of theatre practices, but also of how different people understand/work with problems in order to find solutions.
One of my favorite parts of DP Theatre is the fact that our class is so small- only four students and one teacher. This allows us all to a) get special attention on subjects we struggle in (or are interested in) and b) work nicely together and all agree on matters. I consider my class a small theatre family, where we can laugh and have fun, but also work very hard to understand concepts of theatre traditions. As we are all from different parts of the world, we compliment each other perfectly and our different cultures has helped us better understand and communicate ideas.
Before coming to the school I had never been in a large theatre production, but I auditioned for Seussical: The Musical, and got the part of a Who from Whoville. This part gave me the freedom to be as goofy as I wanted, without being judged by the audience. After this production, I worked as the costume and makeup designer of The Canterbury Tales. I think I enjoyed working backstage even more so than on stage. Working with the costumes put my stamp on the play and when it all worked out in the end, I was overjoyed with what I had done- as I had never worked with costume/makeup design before.
Although my first year of DP Theatre did consist of a lot of writing, taking notes, watching slide shows and videos, and listen to facts about theatre practitioners, there was so much physical involvement and opportunities for students to be expressive. This created a nice balance between "work" and "play". For example, we participated in ISSEA Arts and Drama, which was hosted in Lusaka. We worked with people from different schools and different cultures. This experience really broadened not only my thoughts of theatre practices, but also of how different people understand/work with problems in order to find solutions.
One of my favorite parts of DP Theatre is the fact that our class is so small- only four students and one teacher. This allows us all to a) get special attention on subjects we struggle in (or are interested in) and b) work nicely together and all agree on matters. I consider my class a small theatre family, where we can laugh and have fun, but also work very hard to understand concepts of theatre traditions. As we are all from different parts of the world, we compliment each other perfectly and our different cultures has helped us better understand and communicate ideas.