FOBISIA Radio Play Challenge 2024-2025, IBDP Theatre Students, Forty-Five Minutes: Fast, Funny, and Fearless, & Year 10 IGCSE Drama Lunchtime Theatre
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FOBISIA Radio Play Challenge 2024-2025
The works of five groups of Year 5 students have been selected by the Drama Department for submission to the FOBISIA Radio Play Challenge 2024-2025 hosted by Wellington College Hangzhou Drama Department and Dukebox Radio Station. This is an online radio play competition on bringing stories to life through voice and sound.
Throughout Term 1, all the Year 5 students learned about radio plays - their history and essential elements - and worked hard to develop their use of voice to convey character and emotion. They wrote and developed their own scripts and rehearsed their radio plays over several weeks before making their final recordings. Following a rigorous selection process, these are the five radio plays that will represent BSM in the Upper Primary Category of the FOBISIA Radio Play Challenge:
- 'Ball Pit of Doom' - Hannah, Sofia, Andie, Lana, & Orange
- 'Plane Escape' - Stella, Leon, Andrew, Evie, Max, & Catherina
- 'Humans' - Amara, Ora, Flynn, Ethan, & Olivia
- 'Luke's Grand Hunt' - Cynthia, Matteo, Stella, Leyla, Logan, & Leonie
- 'Zapz' - Adriana, Tamara, Sam, Aiden, Rivaan, & Arnav
Congratulations to these students for their creativity and hard work! The top entries from schools all over Asia will be announced in April. Best wishes and good luck!
Bravo to Our Year 13 IBDP Theatre Students!
A huge congratulations to our graduating Year 13 IBDP Theatre students for their outstanding Collaborative Project showcase on 17-18 February! Their original, devised pieces demonstrated bold creativity, deep artistic insight, and remarkable dedication as performers, directors, creators, and designers.
This rigorous assessment challenged students to create compelling 10-minute theatre pieces, and they rose to the occasion with passion and originality. Their hard work and artistic risk-taking truly paid off—well done to Group 1 (Jacob, Justine, and Isaac) and Group 2 (Joelle, Adrianna, and Nina)! A special thank you to our dedicated student tech team—Alex, Rose, Fiona, Ondrej, and Hugo—for their invaluable support behind the scenes.
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Forty-Five Minutes: Fast, Funny, and Fearless
Congratulations to our Year 12 IBDP Theatre students for their outstanding rehearsed reading of Forty-Five Minutes by Anya Reiss! This intimate, fast-paced performance crackled with energy, humour, and tension, making for a thrilling revival of Studio Drama at BSM.
Their ability to bring this sharp, chaotic story to life in such a raw and immediate setting showcased their skill and dedication. A huge round of applause for Liliane, Megan, Héloïse, Advika, Adriana, Lily, and Rose, as well as our special guest performer, Natalia from Year 11, for their incredible efforts. A special thank you to Fiona for expertly managing all technical aspects of the production!
Year 10 IGCSE Drama Lunchtime Theatre
Congratulations to our Year 10 IGCSE Drama students for their impressive monologue performances during our Lunchtime Theatre sessions this week! After three weeks of exploring text, character, language, and physicality, they delivered strong, engaging work. For many, this was their first time performing for an audience, making their achievements even more remarkable. This assessment, worth 20% of their overall grade, showcased their growth and dedication—well done to Nina, Paige, Iain, Simone, Ruby, Ross, and Chloe.
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