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Fruit Salad

Concentration, Drama Games, Star Tip, Warm Ups

A fun game encouraging fast reactions and verbal dexterity by saying the names of fruits.

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Pecking Order

Drama Games, Improvisation, Star Tip

Can you work out where you stand in the pecking order?

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Story Orchestra

Drama Games, Language, Speaking and Listening, Star Tip, Storytelling

Conduct a story like a piece of music, in this fun drama game!

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Poetry in Motion

Drama Games, Mime and Movement, Speaking and Listening

Groups explore short or long poems through drama and movement.

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Shoe Shuffle

Drama Games, Improvisation, Mime and Movement, Star Tip

Develop imagination and mime skills using everyday objects

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Daft Definitions

Drama Games, Speaking and Listening, Star Tip

Put random words together to invent new concepts! Great storytelling warm-up.

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Drama Games for Story Books

Drama Games, Star Tip, Storytelling, Vocal Warm-Up

Two amazing drama activities for bringing story books to life through drama!

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Best Bits

Drama Games, Improvisation, Star Tip

An amazingly easy and quick way to share group work in Drama without wasting time.

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Three Changes

Drama Games, Group Dynamics, Star Tip

An observation and getting to know you game – with online version

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Family Portraits

Drama Games, Mime and Movement

Groups make family portraits by striking funny poses.

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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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