Ashleigh’s IB Theatre Journal

Archive for February 2008

Posted by: Ashleigh on: February 23, 2008

During the week, We read the original script of Tartuffe by Molière. It gave us a good understanding of the story, so we know what we are going to see on March the 6th, even though we are going to see an adaptation.
On Tuesday, we had an improvisation workshop with a guy from ImproMelbourne. The [...]

This week in Theatre Arts.

Posted by: Ashleigh on: February 16, 2008

On Monday, we finished filming our TP3 quiz show. It didn’t really work out as planned. It didn’t help me remember the criteria. I think if we had planned it more, it would have been more successful.On Tuesday, We had our first mini TPPPs. They were about all our previous theatre experiences. I chose a [...]

TP3

Posted by: Ashleigh on: February 16, 2008

Today, Ronelle,Kate,Amy and I started working on a mini presentation/perfomance about the marking criteria for the TPPP (Theatre Performance and Production Presentation). Ms Anketell gave us this exercise to help us understand what we need to do for the TPPP. She did a similiar exercise at an IB Conference. I thought this exercise was a [...]

Bunraku Puppets

Posted by: Ashleigh on: February 5, 2008

During my first couple of Theatre Arts lessons, Bunraku Puppets have been the main focus. I am just starting my research into the Japanese puppets, but I find them to be very interesting, and I am looking forward to learning more about them, and trying to make a Bunraku Puppet of my own. In the [...]



  • Mrs Anketell: It sounds absolutely beautiful.
  • spiraltic: hey there, I'm taking IBHL theater right now...and I'm also doing a research investigation on bunraku...do you think you can point me in the right dir
  • Melisa Garcia: Hello! I am investigating about Bunraku too for my final Research Investigation (in the Theatre IB course), and unbelievably I am focusing on costu

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