Welcome to the Drama Department at British International School of Chicago, South Loop!

Chicago, IL
Joined August 2016
Year 9 student Sasha proudly displaying her love of Hamilton during of the study of the play last month #biscsl #biscsldrama #hamilton #naejuilliard #naebeambitious #nordangliaeducation #lovelearning
Saba in Year 2 has been practicing the opening of Ariel’s monologue from Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ - part of the Big Shakespeare festival! It is so exciting to see our students engaging with amazing works of theater! #biscsl #nordangliaeducation #naebeambitious #naejuilliard
Year 7 have been studying the Shakespeare classic ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ - here are Lily and Katarina exploring power and status in this short scene! Great work girls! #biscsl #biscsldrama #naejuilliard #naebeambitious #shakespeare #amidsummernightsdream #duologues
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This week in drama, Year 4 have been working on engaging with audiences by creating recipe videos for their own horrible magical witch’s concoction! #biscsl #biscslperformingarts #biscsldrama #drama #naebeambitious #naejuilliard
Year 2 imagined what planets made from unusual materials might be like to live on and designed sets for these - here we can see planets made of bathtubs, soccer balls, oceans and pizza! Fantastic imaginations! #biscsl #biscsldrama #naebeambitious #naejuilliard #performingarts
Are you a One Minute Wonder? What Performing Arts skills can you showcase in 60 seconds? Can you create a play? Do some comedy? Sing a solo? Perform a Monologue? Your challenge is to make a 1 minute performance, title it and post it on the wall! globalcampus.nae.school/mod/…
Have you heard that Drama Online is free until the end of April? There are some amazing video works from the National Theatre and over 2500 plays and theatre books. URL: dramaonlinelibrary.com/ Username: jcs009 Password: Foundation Access available until 30/04/2020 – at Chicago, IL
What an amazing production from our students! I am so proud of the dedication, passion and drive that they demonstrated through rehearsals in the last five months. Well done! @MidSchoolBISC @HighSchoolBISC
Drama at BISCSL retweeted
Our Beauty and the Beast team have been working so hard and they have performed amazingly! We can’t wait for our final performance tonight! See you there! 👏 🌟@VisualArtatBISC @DanceatBISC @DramaatBISC @BISCSouthLoop
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That's a wrap folks! Our students put on 2 more great performances today. Thank you to everyone involved in the Beauty & The Beast production, and thank you to our audiences over these past few days. #BISCSL #NAEBeAmbitious #LoveLearning #PerformingArts
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Drama at BISCSL retweeted
Well done to everyone involved in our first evening performance of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast! You were all absolutely amazing 🌟 👏 Ready for our next performances tomorrow! #BeAmbitious
A beautiful moment tonight during the #BISCSL performance of Beauty & The Beast. Bravo! #NAEBeAmbitious #PerformingArts #LoveLearning
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Beauty and the beast finale vocal rehearsal! Quote of the day: “Miss, this is harder than Advanced Math!” #BeAmbitious @MidSchoolBISC @HighSchoolBISC @BISCSouthLoop
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Throwback to last Thursday when we explored the Shakespearean “O” with our Drama Julliard specialist! @studentbiscsl @NAEducation @julliardschool @MidSchoolBISC @BISCSouthLoop #Shakespeare
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Drama at BISCSL retweeted
It’s not too late to sign up to Nord Anglia’s Performing Arts Festival! The deadline to register has been extended to Friday October 4, 2019. This is a fantastic opportunity where many young people across the Americas can get together and share their love for the performing arts!
Vocal rehearsal underway for our production of “Beauty and the Beast”! #BeAmbitious #NAEducation #NAEBrightfuture @MidSchoolBISC @studentbiscsl @BISCSouthLoop
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Well done to Mr Kelly’s year 6 class on their outstanding performance of Nick Perrin’s “Scheherazade”! #BeAmbitious #NAEBeAmbitious #NAEJulliard @PrimaryatBISCSL @studentbiscsl @BISCSouthLoop
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Well done to middle school drama stars for outstanding character, effort and achievement in the Spring term! Keep being ambitious! #NAEBeAmbitious #NAEBrightFuture #NAEJuilliard @MidSchoolBISC @studentbiscsl
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Happy pi day! Here’s year 6 doing the pi symbol as a tableau image! #BISCSouthLoop #NAEBeAmbitious #NAEJuilliard @PrimaryatBISCSL
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Matilda is an extraordinary girl, with extraordinary talents and powers. Year 6 are no less special! Here they are using mime to present their special talents! #NAEBeAmbitious #NAEducation #NAEJuilliard #BISCSouthLoop @PrimaryatBISCSL
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