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The Drama Workshop Leader: A Practical Guide to Delivering Great Sessions

Books, Directing, Drama Clubs, Primary, Secondary

Everything you need for running a workshop in schools, theatres or other environments.

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Learning Your Lines: The Compact Guide By Mark Channon

Acting, Books

Using the experience of his acting career, Mark Channon applies Mindfulness and the Memory Palace approach to learning lines for auditions, rapid learning for television shoots, getting off-book in rehearsals and becoming present and truthful in your relationship with other performers.

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Drop Of A Hat by David Farmer – Review January 2022

Books

Review: “…a useful and helpful book for primary practitioners.”

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Vocal Warm Ups and Exercises by Toula and James Messer

Acting, Books, Drama Clubs

A delightfully illustrated book of simple vocal exercises and full body stretches.

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Drop Of A Hat Drama Lessons, Games and Activities

Books, Drama Clubs, Early Years, Primary, Shakespeare

For any teacher who wants to bring the curriculum to life through drama and creativity.

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Drama Menu at a Distance: 80 Socially Distanced or Online Theatre Games by Glyn Trefor-Jones

Acting, Books, Directing, Drama Clubs, Drama Games, Primary, Secondary, Teaching Drama Online

Drama games for socially-distanced and online teaching, carefully planned for this difficult period we are living through.

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The Drama Book by Alice Savage

Books, Directing, Drama Clubs, Language Learning, Plays

A comprehensive guide to using plays and drama activities, ideal for those working with English language learners.

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My Favourite Drama Teaching Books

Books, Drama Teaching, Features, Language Teaching, Primary, Secondary

These books are ideal for practical ideas to use right away. The first two cover secondary as well as primary and the others are for younger children. They are my favourite drama books at the moment! 100 Acting Exercises for 8-18 Year Olds by Samantha Marsden Samantha...Read more

100 Acting Exercises for 8-18 Year Olds by Samantha Marsden

Acting, Books, Drama Clubs, Primary, Secondary

Samantha Marsden provides a practical tour through the leading approaches to acting used on the stage today.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Devising Theatre by Jess Thorpe and Tashi Gore

Books, Directing, Drama Clubs, Secondary

An inspiring guidebook for planning to produce contemporary devised work with young people (or adults).

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A psychological but fun group dynamics game from Augusto Boal.

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A concentration game using counting and actions – tough but fun!

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