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  • Creative Drama and Enrichment in New York State 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...
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  • Berkoff, Godber and Physical Theatre Techniques 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...
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  • The Dragon Speaks 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...
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  • Writing Plays for Children 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...
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  • Dorothy Heathcote Dorothy Heathcote

    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...
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  • Storytelling Games and Ideas 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...
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  • Seven Levels of Tension 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...
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