Every paper and piece of coursework for Theatre, with its time, marks and share of the grade at each level, then the grade boundaries the IB set for recent sessions.
2 exams, internal assessment 30% of the grade. The weight is each part’s share of your final grade.
| Component | Time | Marks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
Production proposalInternal Coursework · 20 marks A proposal for designing and staging a play text you haven’t studied: up to 12 pages of text and images, with no more than 4,000 words. | Coursework | 20 | 30% |
Research presentation – · 24 marks A video-recorded presentation of up to 15 minutes on your academic and practical exploration of an unfamiliar world theatre tradition. | – | 24 | 30% |
Collaborative project – · 24 marks An original piece of 7–10 minutes made and performed with others, filmed, plus a project report of up to 10 pages and 4,000 words. | – | 24 | 40% |
Production proposal, 30% of the grade, marked out of 20. A proposal for designing and staging a play text you haven’t studied: up to 12 pages of text and images, with no more than 4,000 words. Your teacher marks it, and the IB checks a sample of marks from your school.
The lowest overall percentage for each grade. The IB sets them after every session, so treat them as a guide to the standard, not a promise.
| Grade | May 2025 | November 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 86–100% | 85–100% |
| 6 | 70–85% | 69–84% |
| 5 | 52–69% | 53–68% |
| 4 | 36–51% | 36–52% |
| 3 | 20–35% | 20–35% |
| 2 | 10–19% | 10–19% |
| 1 | 0–9% | 0–9% |
3 exams, internal assessment 20% of the grade. The weight is each part’s share of your final grade.
| Component | Time | Marks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
Production proposalInternal Coursework · 20 marks A proposal for designing and staging a play text you haven’t studied: up to 12 pages of text and images, with no more than 4,000 words. | Coursework | 20 | 20% |
Research presentation – · 24 marks A video-recorded presentation of up to 15 minutes on your academic and practical exploration of an unfamiliar world theatre tradition. | – | 24 | 20% |
Collaborative project – · 24 marks An original piece of 7–10 minutes made and performed with others, filmed, plus a project report of up to 10 pages and 4,000 words. | – | 24 | 25% |
Solo theatre piece – · 24 marks A solo piece of 4–7 minutes applying an aspect of a theatre theorist’s theory, in one unedited video, plus a report of up to 2,500 words. | – | 24 | 35% |
Production proposal, 20% of the grade, marked out of 20. A proposal for designing and staging a play text you haven’t studied: up to 12 pages of text and images, with no more than 4,000 words. Your teacher marks it, and the IB checks a sample of marks from your school.
The lowest overall percentage for each grade. The IB sets them after every session, so treat them as a guide to the standard, not a promise.
| Grade | May 2025 | November 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 84–100% | 83–100% |
| 6 | 69–83% | 68–82% |
| 5 | 52–68% | 52–67% |
| 4 | 37–51% | 37–51% |
| 3 | 21–36% | 21–36% |
| 2 | 10–20% | 10–20% |
| 1 | 0–9% | 0–9% |
Each paper rewards practice under its own conditions: its length, its calculator rule, the kind of answer it wants. Read the paper descriptions above, then practice with the clock running, using the past papers your school gives you.
Augment has nothing to practice for Theatre yet. The syllabus on the subject page is the list of what the exams can ask about.
A free account keeps your six subjects and levels in one place.