IB Theatre lecture 1

Thursday 10th September 09 –
The first lesson of IB Theatre Arts, WOOOP-WOOP! I walk into the first lecture and find a group of only 8 people, me being one of two guys (whether this is to be a good or bad thing I have not yet discovered). The One hour and twenty minute session was spent getting to know the nature of the IB Theatre Arts course, and familiarising myself with the course structure. I also found out what is required of me as one of the 'higher level' students in the group (basically a few thousand words more when it comes to assignments), alongside getting to know the group that I would be working with over the next two years.

We spent the first part of the lesson virtually in silence as no one knew each other. To break this tension we played an ice breaking game which encouraged us to speak to each other, which I named-

• The 1 minute talk game - The group was split into pairs and each pair was given a letter, either 'A' or 'B'. Cara (Our lecturer) would then ask either A or B to speak about a given subject, 'Your best dream' for example. The chosen partner would then have to speak about that topic continually for one minute without stopping or pausing, after a minute the other partner would be given a new topic to give a speech on, and so on...
  

The activity was very useful as it made me feel comfortable when speaking to others in the group, which would make future lectures easier. After leaving the lecture I felt that I had known the group for a long time and am looking forward to the lessons ahead :)