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Creative Ideas for Teaching Drama
Teachers, drama practitioners and directors will find a wealth of resources on this site, including tried and tested drama games and drama strategies. You will find drama lessons such as The Gruffalo, Funny Bones and World War Two Evacuees. These can easily be adapted around your own theme. If you would like to learn more, you could consider attending a one-day drama course in London or buying one of our recommended books on drama. If you haven't got the time now, why not sign up for our free newsletter? The site is run by David Farmer, who offers INSET training for schools and workshops for children.
Game of the Week
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Keeper of the Keys Game of the Week is taken from 101 Drama Games and Activities. The group sits in a circle. A volunteer sits in the middle and is blindfolded, with a bunch of keys placed just in front of them. Someone else is selected to creep up and try...Read More...
Primary Drama Across The Curriculum
Wednesday 9th October 2013
10:30am - 4:30pm at Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street, London E1
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This one-day drama INSET course immerses you in activities and ideas which you can take back and use immediately in the primary school classroom or drama club. The drama strategies can be used across the curriculum and are designed to meet statutory drama and literacy objectives. Read More > |
Shakespeare for 7-14 year olds
Wednesday 16th October 2013
10:30am - 4:30pm at Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street, London E1
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A one-day course outlining a highly practical approach to teaching Shakespeare to children and young people aged 7-14. Includes a range of drama games and exercises that will quickly get pupils involved and enable the teacher to explore character, language and staging ideas through fun and accessible methods. Read More > |
Commedia dell'Arte - A Practical Guide
Tuesday 19th November 2013
10:30am - 4:30pm Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street, London E1
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Didi Hopkins returns to lead her fabulous one-day course giving a solid foundation in commedia, exploring masks and character types, physical storytelling, improvisation, lazzi, stagecraft, grommelot and developing scenarios. Read More > "The whole day was vibrant and action-packed" - Andrea Bird (Participant, March 2013). |
Who’s Writing This Anyway? Devising Theatre
Thursday 28th November 2013
10:30am - 4:30pm Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street, London E1
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John Wright leads a masterclass in devising theatre. Spend a day with an award-winning teacher and director. Read More > "Theatre about as inventive, imaginative and fantastical as it gets." - Time Out. |
Featured Articles
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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... -
Fairy Tales Fairy and folk tales are useful in drama sessions for children and adults as they provide a common point of reference and contain universal characters and themes. They offer an opportunity to develop new...Read More... -
Commedia d'ell Arte Marketplaces in sixteenth-century Europe thronged with barkers and costermongers calling their wares and travelling shows where mountebanks staged miraculous recoveries amidst masks and music. Within this...Read More... -
Dorothy Heathcote Read More...
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 Yorkshire worsted mill at the age of... -
Whoosh! This engaging and interactive storytelling technique enables any kind of story - simple or complex - to be brought alive, even without prior knowledge of the characters or plot. As well as being...Read More...
Course dates 2013
| Wed 9 October | Primary Drama Across The Curriculum |
| Wed 16 October | Shakespeare for 7-14 yr olds |
| Tues 19 November | Commedia dell'Arte - A Practical Guide |
| Thur 28 November | Devising Theatre with John Wright |
Blog
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Creating Drama from Visual ArtWorks of art and photographs can be used as powerful inspiration for drama activities. Pictures can soon be brought to life through still images, thought tracking and improvisation. Choose an image that...Read More...
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Pass It On - A Resource for Teaching Storytelling with Young People This 64 page pamphlet is a free resource from the Traditional Arts Team. It aims to...Read More... -
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Globe Education Shakespeare Another brilliant volume from Globe Education which is perfect for students at Key Stage 3 and 4. Alongside the entire script can be found a range of...Read More...
More Drama Games...
'...bubbles over with imaginative ideas which could be used to good effect by non-specialist as well as seasoned drama teachers. Excellent resource for primary, secondary and other drama teachers.'
- Teaching Drama Magazine, Spring 2013.
101 More Drama Games and Activities by David Farmer is available now in Kindle and paperback from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
