ISTA TaPS PERSPECTIVES gives IB DP Theatre students the unique opportunity to work intensively with a series of 4 current and practising theatre professionals who each specialise in:

Collaboratively creating original theatre
Staging play texts
Exploring world theatre traditions
Performing theatre theory

Working with IB theatre students from different schools, DP Theatre students will engage with each of these specialists as well as having a workshop with an IB DP Theatre specialist. The IB DP Theatre specialist will help the students to reflect on and consider how to apply their learning from TaPS to their own IB DP course. This gives students the opportunity to frame and make the most of each of their sessions with the professional artists.

Primarily working with specialist artists, usually sourced from cultural organisations where the TaPS will be held, offers us the opportunity to work with and contribute to the cultural ecology of the places where TAPS takes place.

ISTA TaPS Perspectives provides students with an understanding of how the syllabus areas of the IB DP Theatre course are applied to real-life, current theatre practice. It acts as a launchpad for students’ explorations of theatre to further pursue once back in their own schools.

Working with DP Theatre students from different schools broadens perspectives, forges friendships and enhances all learning.

Master classes
All teacher chaperones will take part in two master classes (MCs) focusing on a specific aspect of Theatre.

MCs for this TaPS Perspectives will be confirmed by May 2022.

Theatre
All participants will attend two professional theatre performances.

The productions on offer at this TaPS will be confirmed by June 2022.

Download the TaPS perspectives fact sheet here.

School address
Island School, Hong Kong
20 Borrett Road
Mid-Levels
Hong Kong

School Website

The event starts at 9:00am on Thursday, September 29th, 2022
The event finishes at 3:00pm on Saturday, October 1st, 2022

Event Manager
Keriann O’Rourke

For participants
Booking opens 28th March 2022
Registration opens 1st June 2022
Registration closes 24th August 2022

All final information will be available for participants 2-3 weeks prior to the event.

For ISTA artists
The artist team will be activated 12 weeks prior to the event.
All Artists will be based in Hong Kong to eliminate the need for travel.

ISTA Rep
Anne Drouet

Collaboratively creating original theatre
Wencong Chen – (Immersive Theatre)
Independent artist

Exploring world theatre traditions
Wong Pik Kwan – (Chinese Opera)
Independent artist

IB DP Theatre Perspectives
Dean Krawchuk

Pathways to the Industry
Valeria Riquelme Lara

Performing theatre theory
Sean Curran – (Jacques Lecoq and Complicite)
Theatre du Pif
https://www.thtdupif.com/

Specialist workshop for teachers
William Wong Ka-kui – (psychophysical approach to acting introduced by Jerzy Grotowski)
Blank Space Studio
https://www.blankspacestudiohk.com/

Staging Play texts
Melissa Leung – (Dramaturgy)
Company Dramaturg of City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) www.ccdc.com.hk and alumni of ITI (Intercultural Theatre Institute) https://www.iti.edu.sg/alumni/alumni-profiles/melissa-leung-hiu-tuen/

All participants should bring the following:

• your e-programme on an electronic device (or printed)
• a refillable water bottle
• pens, pencils and paper for note taking
• *optional – tablet or laptop for note taking

Additionally, teachers/chaperones should bring:
– any relevant insurance, medical documents;
– contact lists for parents in case of emergency.

Each workshop has its own specific requirements. Please be sure you are prepared for each workshop accordingly.

Collaboratively creating original theatre

• Bring copies of news or stories that you are touched by or stirs you up emotionally.
• Wear comfortable clothing that allows for practical theatre work.

Staging play texts

• Wear comfortable clothing that allows for practical theatre work and physical exercise. Also be prepared to be barefoot during the session.
• Read the whole play 4.48 Psychosis prior to the workshop.
• Bring along one image (could be a photo, a drawing or a picture) that speaks of your immediate feelings about the play.

Exploring world theatre traditions

• Wear comfortable clothing that allows for practical theatre work and physical exercise. Also be prepared to be barefoot during the session.
  Bring drinking water and a sweat towel.

Performing theatre theory

• Wear comfortable clothing that allows for practical theatre work.
• Please come with 1-2 lines of text learned by heart (a poem, a story or script)
• Please read carefully the Tips to taking the Awareness through Movement® lesson information (linked) in the workshop pack in advance.

For teachers observing this workshop. Please note the following:

• Due to the nature of the work and space there will be a limit of 2 active teacher participants/observers in the space.
• The 2 teacher/participants will need to engage in the session as a participant rather than as an observer taking notes on the sidelines as you would normally expect to do during a workshop.
• Teachers are asked to attend the session in full as moving in and out of the space will be disruptive to the students’ experience in the workshop.
• Please register to attend the session during the first Introductory Meeting with your ISTA Rep on Day 1.

IB DP Theatre perspectives

• Wear comfortable clothing that allows for practical work.
• No laptops, but please bring a notebook/DP Theatre journal.

Teacher specialist workshop

• Wear comfortable clothing that allows for practical theatre work.

Certification

A template student participation certificate will be available to all teachers in charge of the trip through the resource folder that will be shared 1 week prior to the event. Upon request we can also send a certificate for teachers to endorse their professional development participation. Please email your Event Manager for this after the event.

Arrivals

Due to construction, there is no parking on campus.
All participants can get dropped off and picked up on campus.
Buses can also enter the campus to drop off groups if needed.

Departures

Same location as arrival information.

In accordance with regulations for all Hong Kong schools, anyone who is entering a school campus must provide the following for each day of the event:

• A negative RAT result
• Blue vaccine code

Teachers/chaperones will be responsible for collecting the details of their student information to confirm they have been collected each day.

Adults – please be sure to have a photo of your results with your name and date on it to show.

Students
Registration fees
Local Member schools – GBP £370
Local Non member schools – GBP £444
Host school – GBP £300 for the first 15, thereafter GBP £370

Surcharges
ISTA T-Shirt: GBP £12

Total cost per student
Local member schools – GBP £382
Local non member schools – GBP £456
Host school – GBP £312 for the first 15 students; GBP £382 thereafter

Teachers/chaperones
Registration fees
GBP £190

Surcharges
ISTA T-shirt – GBP £12

Total cost per teacher/chaperone
GBP £202

Please note:
Registration opens 1st June 2022
Registration closes 24th August 2022

All registration fees and surcharges will be invoiced once the registration window has closed.

We appreciate that some schools will already have confirmed students so please register your group as soon as possible from this date onwards.

All registrations must be submitted by 24th August 2022, to allow for finalising theatre tickets and where applicable, catering, transportation etc. ahead of the event.

A non-refundable, non-transferable deposit will be sent with the booking confirmation; this amount will be deducted from your final invoice.

The deposit will be as follows:
For bookings of 1 – 10 students GBP £500.
For bookings of 11 – 15 students GBP £750.
For bookings of 16 or more students GBP £1,000.

Please refer to our event terms and conditions for details of late registration/cancellation fees.

For participants
Participants at this local TaPS will be responsible for arranging travel to the school each morning.

Participants are advised to arrive at the Island School Campus at no later than:
Day 1: 8:45 am
Day 2: 9:00 am
Day 3: 9:15 am

Participants must arrange their own travel home from the theatre venues after performances on days 1 and 2 and from the Island School Hong Kong campus at the after 3:00 pm day 3.

Please note:
Schools/participants are responsible for ensuring they meet any COVID-19 regulations as required by the host school.
Artists will arrange their own local transportation and are advised to arrive at the Island School of Hong Kong Campus at least 30 minutes before their first scheduled session each day.

For ISTA artists
Artists will arrange their own transportation home at the end of their final session each day.

Artists are responsible for ensuring they meet any COVID-19 regulations as required by the host school.

For participants
Three lunches and two dinners are provided by the host school.

For ISTA artists
Three lunches and two dinners are provided by the host school.