Features Archives - Drama Resource

Podcast with David Farmer – Drama with Introverted Learners

ENJOY A PODCAST WITH DAVID FARMER The latest episode of Developod is the first in a series of interviews with ELT influencers, chosen by our TDSIG competition winners. We kick things off with an interview with drama specialist David Farmer, who was chosen by Thais...Read more

Theatre Directors’ Boot Camp October 2020

Directing and Devising, Performance, Teaching Drama Online

Two Theatre Directors, Three Live Workshops. Directing plays – both online and socially distanced

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

Three Courses on Teaching Primary Drama

Drama Teaching, Features

We now offer three one-day courses about drama teaching with primary students (5-11 years). Under the guidance of drama expert David Farmer these three one-day live courses cover a range of drama strategies, games and lessons. They can be taken in any order and...Read more

Language Lessons through Drama

Drama Teaching, Language Teaching

When I uploaded my first online Drama course I breathed a sweet sigh of relief – after all, it had taken me over a year to produce. Not only did I make videos of dozens of workshops, but I learnt to edit them, wrote course modules and PDF downloads and even...Read more

Devising Theatre

Directing and Devising

Devising Theatre – links, exercises, practitioners and inspirational quotes

TheatrED Buenos Aires

Directing and Devising, Features

The second TheatrEd Theatre in Education Congress took place at the Pablo Picasso Theatre in Buenos Aires in May 2018. I was invited to present two keynotes, one on Drama in Language Teaching and one on Shakespeare. The videos below are from the Shakespeare...Read more