Black Box’s Solo Theatre Toolkit is the ultimate resource for helping students transform theatre theory into performance. From selecting a theorist to presenting their final piece, this toolkit ensures they have the knowledge, tools, and confidence to deliver a compelling solo theatre piece.

What’s Inside?

Packed with 70 in-depth tasks, activities, guides, and templates based on theatre students:

• Inquiring, developing, presenting, and evaluating the performing of theatre theory

• Analysing their learning experiences in a Theatre Journal

• Engaging with and completing the Solo Theatre assessment  

Areas covered in this toolkit include:

• Selecting a Theatre Theorist 

• Research on the Theatre Theorist

• Researching and Exploring the Theorist’s Theatre Theory

• Selecting an Aspect of Theory 

• Exploring and Applying an Aspect of Theory 

• Theatre-Maker Intentions

• Developing the Solo Theatre Piece 

• Audience Feedback Tools

• Evaluating the Performance 

Why Teachers Will Love It:

• Flexible and Comprehensive: Use as a step-by-step curriculum or select specific resources to enhance your planning for teaching and learning.

• Ready-to-Use: All resources are provided as high-resolution PDFs for easy printing and PNGs for embedding in digital resources, such as digital portfolios, presentations and virtual learning environments.

• Assessment-Focused: Provides everything students need to research, create, and evaluate their solo theatre pieces.

• Encourages Creativity: Balances rigorous research with hands-on exploration and development, enabling students to connect theatre theory to practice.

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The Collaborative Project Toolkit is your ultimate resource for guiding students through the thrilling process of creating original theatre. Designed to inspire creativity and support deep critical thinking, this toolkit equips students with the tools to form innovative ideas, collaborate effectively, and produce meaningful, insightful work.

What’s Inside?

Packed with 70 in-depth tasks, activities, guides, and templates based on theatre students:

• Inquiring, developing, presenting, and evaluating their explorations of creating original theatre through collaboration  

• Analysing their learning experiences in a theatre journal

• Engaging with and completing the Collaborative Project assessment 

Areas covered in this toolkit include:

• Forming an Ensemble

• Exploring a Starting Point

• Forming Theatre-Maker Intentions 

• Developing Performance Material 

• Contributing Artistically 

• Preparing and Rehearsing Theatre 

• Audience Feedback 

• Individual Contributions 

The toolkit’s flexible format and comprehensive structure make it adaptable to a wide range of learners and teaching modes. By engaging with the toolkit, students will develop a clear and cohesive creative vision, producing work that is excellent, insightful, and thorough.

Why Teachers Will Love It:

• Flexible and Comprehensive: Use as a step-by-step curriculum or select specific resources to enhance your planning for teaching and learning.

• Ready-to-Use: All resources are provided as high-resolution PDFs for easy printing and PNGs for embedding in digital resources, such as digital portfolios, presentations and virtual learning environments.

• Assessment-Focused: Provides students with the knowledge and structure they need to succeed in the Collaborative Project assessment.

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The Research Presentation Toolkit is a flexible teaching and learning resource designed to support the exploration of theatre traditions from around the world. This toolkit is designed to guide students through the exploration of world theatre traditions, helping them engage critically and practically with performance conventions, cultural contexts, and their roles as performers.

With 75 activities and explorations across seven key areas, the toolkit is structured to facilitate the development of excellent, insightful, and thorough assessment material, particularly for a Research Presentation assessment. It is suitable for both teacher-led and independent learning, offering a comprehensive approach to understanding theatre’s global diversity, historical depth, and contemporary relevance.

What’s Inside?

Packed with 75 in-depth tasks, activities, guides, and templates based on theatre students:

• Inquiring, developing, presenting, and evaluating their explorations of world theatre traditions 

• Analysing their learning experiences in a theatre journal

• Engaging with and completing the Research Presentation assessment 

Areas covered in this toolkit include:

• Selecting a Theatre Tradition 

• Exploring and Researching a World  Theatre Tradition 

• Exploring and Researching Performance Conventions

• Practical Explorations of Theatre Conventions 

• Experimenting with Applying Performance Conventions to Traditional Performance Material

• Development as a Performer

• Theatre in the World 

Why Teachers Will Love It:

• Flexible and Comprehensive: Use as a step-by-step curriculum or select specific resources to enhance your planning for teaching and learning.

• Ready-to-Use: All resources are provided as high-resolution PDFs for easy printing and PNGs for embedding in digital resources, such as digital portfolios, presentations and virtual learning environments.

• Assessment-Focused: Provides students with the knowledge and structure they need to succeed in the Research Presentation assessment.

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The Production Proposal Toolkit is a flexible teaching and learning resource designed to support the exploration of staging a play text and the creation of high-quality assessment material. Whether used for in-class activities or independent work, this toolkit provides a comprehensive approach to developing excellent, insightful, and thorough responses for a Production Proposal assessment.

What’s Inside?

Packed with 80 in-depth tasks, activities, guides, and templates based on theatre students:

• Inquiring, developing, presenting, and evaluating the staging of play texts

• Analysing their learning experiences in a Theatre Journal

• Engaging with and completing the Production Proposal assessments 

Areas covered in this toolkit include:

• Selecting a Play Tex

• Initial Explorations

• Key Ideas

• Understanding and Applying TEAM

• Theatre-Maker Intentions 

• Performance Elements 

• Production Elements 

• The Proposed Design

• Staging a Moment 

Why Teachers Will Love It:

• Flexible and Comprehensive: Use as a step-by-step curriculum or select specific resources to enhance your planning for teaching and learning.

• Ready-to-Use: All resources are provided as high-resolution PDFs for easy printing and PNGs for embedding in digital resources, such as digital portfolios, presentations and virtual learning environments.

• Assessment-Focused: Provides students with the knowledge and structure they need to succeed in the Production Proposal assessment

• INSTANT DOWNLOAD UPON PURCHASE

• PURCHASE INCLUDES USE ACROSS ONE SCHOOL SITE / ORGANISATION