Designed to sustain oral storytelling traditions, Scenario Performance is ideally suited to students who prefer to showcase their creativity through verbal communication.

Scenario Performance encourages students to enlarge ideas, enrich personal style, and bring to life potential images of the future.

Scenario Performance students choose one of three FPS annual topics to make a prediction of the future (20-30 years from now) and perform as though the future were the present. Futuristic concepts and trends are incorporated into the story, but a specific date is not required. 

The Performance is not written out in full; it is 'told', and should be more 'natural' and 'spontaneous' in nature. Whether presented for the camera or in front of a live audience, Performances should be creative and entertaining.

Scenario Performances emphasise the story itself and the characters within the scenario. Well-developed, engaging characters, intriguing plot lines, and captivating settings make for exemplary Performances. The ability to sing, dance, or act is more appropriately employed in the theatre or drama club than in a Scenario Performance. 

Schools register individual students in one of the following divisions – Junior (Years 5 and 6), Middle (Years 7 to 9) and Senior (Years 10 to 12).

Registration entitles an individual student to two evaluations. The first trial Scenario Performance is submitted in May and is non-competitive. The Performance is evaluated using an authentic rubric-based process, providing students with direct feedback on use of voice and audience awareness, among other elements, providing tools for continuous growth. 

The second Performance, due in August, is competitive and may be a revision of the first Performance or an entirely new Performance.  Invitations to the National Finals are based on the students Performance in the competitive submission. 

Prior to submission, coaches may make general suggestions for improvement. However, each Performance must be original and produced by the student.

Invitations to the National Finals are based on the students performance in the competitive submission.   

The results of the 2025 Scenario Performance Competition and Invitations to the 2026 International Conference will be determined by using the results from the performance at the 2025 National Finals.  

The number of Scenario Performance invitations awarded to the 2026 International Conference is determined by Future Problem Solving Program International. 

• Scenario Performance Handbook
• Two assessment rounds
• Fortnightly coach catch up – via zoom
• Access to our friendly support team 9am - 5pm AEST, Monday to Friday

For the cost of a single individual or team registration, teachers gain access to the program material and can teach the program to as many students as they wish. (However, booklets can only be evaluated if a team/individual has been registered.)

Additional registrations can be added throughout the year.

• Attend coach training
• Register your school's participation
• Purchase recommended publications
• Plan your FPS year

Scenario Performance skills aligned with Education Standards