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Let’s Perform by Cath Howe

Books, Drama Clubs, Language Learning, Plays, Primary

A sparkling collection of monologues, duologues and poems designed to encourage children to get up and perform.

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Playing the Mask: Acting Without Bullshit by John Wright

Acting, Books, Directing

An expert and entertaining exploration of half-mask, full mask and archetypes with many games along the way.

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Ideas for Drama Clubs

Books, Drama Clubs, Drama Games, Primary, Secondary

Recommended books for running drama clubs.

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Six Books on Drama for Language Teaching and Learning

Books, Drama Teaching, ELT, Language Learning, Language Teaching

Recommended books on teaching and learning language through drama games and activities.

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The Drama Club by Mark Wheeller and Clive Hulme

Books, Drama Clubs, Plays, Secondary

Mark Wheeller’s account of his reluctant foray into leading a Junior Drama Club.

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Drama Games for Rehearsals

Acting, Books, Directing, Drama Games, Plays, Secondary

Delightful creative approaches for developing a production, whether a budding director or experienced actor.

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Drama Games for Young Children

Books, Drama Clubs, Drama Games, Early Years, Primary

Forty lesson plans for those wishing to develop dramatic role-play, characterisation, exploration of emotions and themes with young children.

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National Theatre: All About Theatre

Books, Directing, Plays, Primary, Secondary

A beautifully designed, colourful scrapbook providing a brilliant introduction to live theatre, focussing on family productions at the National Theatre.

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Ensemble Theatre Making: A Practical Guide

Books, Directing

An analysis of the ensemble approach to devising theatre.

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A Practical Guide to Ensemble Devising

Books, Directing

A thorough and practical guide to the making of ensemble collaborative performance.

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Night Watchman

The museum is closed for the night. The watchman is making his rounds. But something strange is going on…

Count To 20

A classic concentration and focus exercise, where the group tries to count to twenty.

Guide to Freeze-Frames and Still Images

Ideas about using freeze-frames in drama, including 50+ ways to use them across the curriculum and a checklist for grading.

Open and Close

A brilliant method of performing a series of freeze-frames to tell a story in a drama lesson.

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