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Masterclass
The Visual and Performing Arts Curriculum offers a dynamic series of Masterclasses designed to extend students’ learning far beyond the boundaries of regular coursework. These specialised sessions in Drama, Visual Arts, and Dance provide young artists with opportunities to immerse themselves in advanced techniques, creative processes, and professional practices. Led by experienced practitioners and industry experts, each Masterclass encourages students to experiment, refine their craft, and gain deeper insight into the expressive possibilities of the performing and visual arts. By engaging with focused, skill-building experiences, students strengthen their artistic voice, broaden their creative perspectives, and develop confidence that empowers them both in and beyond the classroom.
Realistic and Method Acting Techniques
28 August 2025
The IB Theatre students attended a Masterclass on Realistic and Method Acting Techniques, conducted by Mr. Vikram Sharma. An alumni of the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, New York, with an MFA from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London, Vikram is known for his work as an actor trainer. A member of the visiting faculty for acting at the National School of Drama, New Delhi, Vikram took the students through acting exercises that not only helped them get a better understanding of Stanislavski's system, but also allowed them to explore the extension of his work, in an American context, by theorists like Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler and Sanford Meisner.
Shaping Stories with Light: A Hands-On Lighting Design Masterclass
30 September 2025
The Year 11 IGCSE Drama students took part in a Masterclass on the Basic Principles of Light Design, led by Mr. Manish Halder. An educationist and veteran theatre director, Mr. Halder has integrated Theatre and Puppetry into mainstream education and travelled to over 22 countries and 200 cities as a lighting designer. With two decades of experience, over 60 plays, and more than 450 workshops to his credit, he brought deep artistic and technical insight to the session. Currently the Primary Drama Teacher at The British School, he introduced students to the core elements of light design, demonstrating how lighting shapes mood, meaning, and storytelling on stage.
The Masterclass offered students a hands-on introduction to how thoughtful lighting choices enhance performance, define space, and strengthen dramatic intention.
The Laban Technique
13- 14 October 2025
The IB Theatre students studied about The Laban Technique with Akanksha Kumari, a dance practitioner engaged in performance, choreography, teaching, writing, and research. The Laban Technique or the Laban Movement Analysis is a system for describing and analysing human movement based on four pillars: body, effort, shape and space. Akanksha's work revolves around the body, using dance and movement to question language, stereotypes, and societal norms that restrict certain bodies, aiming to reclaim freedom and agency. She incorporated somatics, body conditioning, and martial arts into her practice with the students.