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Creative Drama and Enrichment in New York State By Ellen Flaks As a Theater Major at Syracuse University in the ‘80’s, I had an opportunity to teach young children in a Saturday morning creative drama class at the local community center. I...Read More... -
Berkoff, Godber and Physical Theatre Techniques By Mandy McKenna Both Berkoff and Godber are hugely popular with young people for good reason. They are both very enjoyable to perform as they make bold physical statements which are hugely theatrical...Read More... -
The Dragon Speaks By Anna Kemp For the last few years, I have been running theatre workshops for kids in the Alpujarra mountains in the south of Spain. I moved to a village there with my husband and our three young kids...Read More... -
Writing Plays for Children By Alison Chaplin Nearly 30 years ago I co-founded a youth theatre and it very quickly became a popular place for young people to cut their theatrical teeth. In the early days – during that stage...Read More... -
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The ethos of drama in education today owes an enormous debt to the inspiration of one woman. Dorothy Heathcote (MBE) began her working life as a weaver in a Lancashire woollen mill at the age of... -
Storytelling Games and Ideas By David Farmer Storytelling is one of the simplest and perhaps most compelling forms of dramatic and imaginative activity. A good place to start is by telling stories to your pupils and encouraging...Read More... -
Seven Levels of Tension Jacques Lecoq developed an approach to acting using seven levels of tension. These changed and developed during his practice and have been further developed by other practitioners. The following suggestions...Read More...
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Recommended Books
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Learning Through Drama in the Primary Years by David Farmer Learning Through Drama in the Primary Years contains drama strategies and lesson plans for use with primary school children both within subject areas and as extended learning opportunities in whole class drama sessions. The...Read More... -
Developing Drama Skills by Joss Bennathan This book provides an excellent framework for Key Stage 3 drama., including 16 practical, varied and imaginative units of work with clear aims, backed up by resource sheets and a model...Read More... -
Creating Drama with 7-11 Year Olds by Miles Tandy and Jo Howell A highly practical book providing a wide range of ideas for using drama across the curriculum, with themes ranging from Ancient Egypt and Greek Myths to Silent Film, Shakespeare and...Read More... -
Jumpstart Drama - Games and Activities for Ages 5-11 Designed to be used as a dip-into book, containing over 40 approaches to using drama with well-known texts already popular with children. The sections cover fiction, poetry, non-fiction...Read More... -
The Primary Drama Handbook by Patrice Baldwin A practical manual of drama lesson approaches for working across a range of curriculum subjects. Valuable advice about drama policies and evaluation as well as accessible hands-on...Read More...
Resource Reviews
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A Practical Guide to Shakespeare for the Primary School by John Doona By my troth, I am fain to recommend this highly practical book if you are looking to explore Shakespeare with primary-aged varlets. The author provides more...Read More... -
Drama To Inspire This invaluable book brings together a whole range of contemporary approaches to drama in education. 12 leading practitioners from the worlds of educational drama and professional...Read More... -
Teaching Mathematics Creatively by Linda Pound and Trisha Lee Many schools are finding it more and more difficult to engage children in mathematics. This book aims to correct that by placing a whole range of creative approaches into the...Read More... -
Macbeth - Globe Education Shakespeare Macbeth is the first in a series of new editions from Shakespeare's Globe Education. Aimed at 11-16 year olds, the book brings the text alive through dozens of full-colour photos...Read More... -
National Drama Conference April 2011Review by Chris Lawrence, London Drama National Drama’s International Drama Conference this year was held at Swansea University 11-14th April 2011. Titled Drama - Same Difference and subtitled diversity and mutuality of process and practice it attracted attendees from every continent on Earth (except Antarctica) and provided a rich programme of keynotes,...Read More...
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The Helicopter Resource Pack by Trisha Lee I’ve known about the work of Vivian Gussin Paley for years since reading her book The Boy Who Would Be A Helicopter which describes a powerful...Read More... -
Our Country’s Good: A Study Guide by Max Stafford-Clark A pack of ordinary playing cards provided director Stafford-Clark with a range of games and activities which he used when rehearsing ‘Our Country’s Good’ written by Timberlake Wertenbaker back in 1988 - when neither...Read More... -
The RSC Shakespeare Toolkit for Teachers This thorough and illuminating resource has been developed by the Royal Shakespeare Company to offer teachers practical sessions and worksheets for three of Shakespeare's most popular plays:...Read More... -
Drama Games For Those Who Like To Say No by Chris Johnston This wide-ranging and resourceful book by the author of House of Games and The Improvisation Game is particularly aimed at those working with young people and adults in so-called "difficult" groups. Young offenders, youth groups and recalcitrant students will benefit from activities for engagement, collaboration, spontaneity and negotiation. There are detailed scenarios...Read More... -
Why Is That So Funny? by John Wright If you've ever wondered why you laugh in everyday situations, this entertaining book will tell you - and show you how to create comedic improvisation in rehearsal. John Wright was the co-creator of Trestle Theatre and Told by an Idiot. He has worked with leading companies including Complicite,...Read More...
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