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Wednesday
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October
2025

London IB Workshop - DP Theatre

About this event

Join us for an immersive three-day IB DP Theatre workshop designed to deepen your understanding of theatre practice, pedagogy, and IB assessment. Led by expert theatre educators, this workshop provides hands-on exploration of key elements such as staging play texts, world theatre traditions, ensemble collaboration, and theatre theory.

This event features the following specific workshop categories:

  • Category 1 & 2 (Combined) 
  • Category 3 Performing Theatre Theory

Why learn with ISTA?
ISTA is an officially accredited IB PD provider delivering high-quality IB DP Arts workshops worldwide. Unlike other PD providers, ISTA takes a uniquely practical, immersive approach, ensuring educators experience theatre and film in action rather than just discussing it in theory. Our workshops are dynamic, hands-on, and industry-informed, bridging creative practice with IB curriculum requirements. Led by IB-certified facilitators and working professionals, ISTA workshops provide experiential learning, real-world application, and a global network of IB educators, making them a transformative professional development experience.

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Helen Abbott
ISTA Event Manager
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Event Address

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
United Kingdom

Fees

Participant Fees
ISTA Member: £875
Non-Member: £930

  • All prices are in GBP.
  • Fees include a printed teacher workbook, a ticket for a professional performance, a specialist workshop, lunches and refreshments.
  • T-shirt (Optional): £20
  • Artistic information

  • Workshop Focus

    Category 1 & 2 (Combined) 

    • This combined workshop is ideal for both teachers new to IB DP Theatre and those with some experience looking to deepen their practice.
    • Together, we’ll explore the philosophy and structure of the IB, unpack the core components of the DP Theatre course, and examine effective strategies for assessment, curriculum planning, and student engagement.
    • Whether you’re laying solid foundations or refining your teaching approach, this workshop offers a collaborative space to build confidence, share ideas, and strengthen your understanding of the course in action.
    • Please note: While this workshop is delivered as a combined session, your certificate will be issued in either Category 1 or Category 2, depending on the workshop you choose when registering.

    Category 3 – Performing Theatre Theory

    • Designed for experienced IB DP Theatre teachers, this advanced workshop focuses on deepening your expertise in the Performing Theatre Theory syllabus area and the Solo Theatre Piece assessment task.
    • You’ll explore effective strategies for teaching and assessing this component, while engaging with a range of theoretical approaches and practical applications to enhance student learning
  • Why learning with ISTA online'

  • About The Workshop Leader

  • Booking & Registration

    IB Workshop bookings are made via our online registration form.

    To complete your booking:

    • Provide key participant and school details, including your name, contact information, dietary or accessibility needs, and whether you’re an ISTA member.
    • Select the appropriate workshop category (Category 1, 2, or 3), and share your IB teaching experience.
    • Confirm your agreement to ISTA’s Terms & Conditions, including media consent and account creation.
    • Once submitted, your booking details are saved and automatically shared with event organisers to ensure a smooth experience.
  • Travel, Visas & Accommodation

    Travel & Visas

    • Arrival: Plan to arrive in London by the evening of Sunday 28 September 2025
    • Departure: Do not plan to leave the Lyric Hammersmith before 12:30pm on Wednesday 1 October 2025
    • Visas: Participants are responsible for obtaining any necessary visas to enter the UK 
    • Need visa support? Contact your Event Manager.

    Accommodation

    • Participants must book their own accommodation for this event.  
    • We recommend booking a hotel near the Lyric Hammersmith. 
  • Payment Process

    • Any bookings or amendments taken in the six weeks prior to the workshop will incur an additional GBP £50 late booking/amendment surcharge, subject to availability.
    • Once booked and invoiced the registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable as per event terms and conditions.
    • Please note: Late registrants will not be able to order a t-shirt.
  • Schedule & Specialist Workshop

    Workshop Schedule 

    • Start: 9:00am on Monday 29 September 2025
    • End: 12:30pm on Wednesday 1 October 2025

    Specialist Workshop
    All participants will engage in a specialist workshop led by an industry expert.

    Please note: The IB requires participants to attend all sessions on all days in order to receive their certificate of completion. If you have an unavoidable scheduling conflict, please contact the Event Manager prior to the start of the workshop.

  • Schedule & Educator workshops

    Workshop Schedule 

    • Start: 9:00am on Monday 29 September 2025
    • End: 12:30pm on Wednesday 1 October 2025

    Specialist Workshop
    All participants will engage in a specialist workshop led by an industry expert.

    Please note: The IB requires participants to attend all sessions on all days in order to receive their certificate of completion. If you have an unavoidable scheduling conflict, please contact the Event Manager prior to the start of the workshop.

  • 🎭 Theatre Performance

    Performance Title: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
    Venue/Theatre
    : Phoenix Theatre, London
    Date and times:
    Tuesday 30 September 2025 / Venue opens 17:30 Arrive by 18:30 Show starts 19:00
    Description:
    Before the world turned upside down…

    Hawkins, 1959: a regular town with regular worries. Young Jim Hopper’s car won’t start, Bob Newby’s sister won’t take his radio show seriously and Joyce Maldonado just wants to graduate and get the hell out of town. When new student Henry Creel arrives, his family finds that a fresh start isn’t so easy… and the shadows of the past have a very long reach.

    Brought to life by a multi-award-winning creative team, who take theatrical storytelling and stagecraft to a whole new dimension, this gripping new adventure will take you right back to the beginning of the Stranger Things story – and may hold the key to the end.

    This production contains gunfire audio, loud noises and explosions, haze and smoke, flashing lights and strobe, and strong language. There are depictions of various mental health conditions and disorders.

    Link to website

  • Live Performance

    🎭 Theatre Performance

    Performance Title: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
    Venue/Theatre
    : Phoenix Theatre, London
    Date and times:
    Tuesday 30 September 2025 / Venue opens 17:30 Arrive by 18:30 Show starts 19:00
    Description:
    Before the world turned upside down…

    Hawkins, 1959: a regular town with regular worries. Young Jim Hopper’s car won’t start, Bob Newby’s sister won’t take his radio show seriously and Joyce Maldonado just wants to graduate and get the hell out of town. When new student Henry Creel arrives, his family finds that a fresh start isn’t so easy… and the shadows of the past have a very long reach.

    Brought to life by a multi-award-winning creative team, who take theatrical storytelling and stagecraft to a whole new dimension, this gripping new adventure will take you right back to the beginning of the Stranger Things story – and may hold the key to the end.

    This production contains gunfire audio, loud noises and explosions, haze and smoke, flashing lights and strobe, and strong language. There are depictions of various mental health conditions and disorders.

    Link to website

  • Event Materials

    📄 E-Programme: Sent to participants two weeks before the event, containing schedules, artist bios, and workshop details.

  • Meals & Refeshments

    🍏 Fees include lunches and tea/coffee breaks daily.

  • Young Creative Leadership Programme

  • What to bring to set

    • Comfortable, movement-friendly clothing
    • Notebook & pen for reflections
    • Theatre attire for live performances

    📢 Please note: ISTA and the host venue are not responsible for lost/damaged personal items.

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