Teaching Drama Online/Socially Distanced

In response to the challenging situation most of us are facing regarding quarantine/ return to ‘normality’ during the coronavirus crisis, a lot of teachers have been asking how to teach drama online – and socially-distanced. I am gathering together links and ideas – please contact me if you have any you would like to add!

I’m posting a different Drama Game of the Week every Monday and suggesting ways to adapt them for playing online and socially-distanced.

A lot of people have signed up for the free online course and are finding it a useful place to exchange ideas about teaching drama, both online and offline.

And below are a list of articles and resources which I’m updating regularly.

Voice Mute

One player provides the words, the other provides the action! ...
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Teaching Drama with Social Distancing – Important Links

Up to date links with the latest advice on teaching drama and theatre during COVID-19 ...
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Throw Your Face (online version)

Throw your face - but be careful which way the wind is blowing! ...
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Mountview Live Interviews

Zoom interviews with Dame Judi Dench, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Noma Dumezweni, Amanda Holden, Glenda Jackson and Stephen Daldry ...
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Giving Presents (inc Online Version)

This game is all about receiving surprises and about the things we value most ...
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Hydra Hot Seating

Create a character by hot-seating the whole class ...
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Stop, Go, Face, Clap

Sneaky adaptation of a very well-known drama game for playing online ...
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Guess The Leader (Online Version)

A fun group dynamics and observation game ...
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Theatre Directors’ Boot Camp

Two Theatre Directors, Three Live Workshops. Directing plays – both online and socially distanced ...
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One Word At A Time – Online + Socially Distanced

A story is told by the group or in pairs, with each person adding one word at a time ...
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60-Minute Special – Cirque du Soleil

A 78-minute special, featuring the best live show moments of La Nouba, Varekai and Quidam by Cirque de Soleil ...
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Make your own frog and toad puppets

Norwich Puppet Theatre teach you to make a toad puppet ...
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Home Taskmaster

Students have to make a video based on different hilarious tasks. They can rope in their family to help! ...
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Circle and Cross – Online or Offline

Draw a circle, draw a cross, then both at once ...
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Multimedia Performance Night of the Living Dead

Edited from rehearsal shots, multimedia show featuring performers with cameras - and zombies ...
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The Drama Hut Workshops for Parents and Teachers

Curriculum-based drama workshops for children to access directly from home ...
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Zoom Performance Pack

PDF/Word doc includes monologues and duologues and practical guidance on directing performances online ...
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Devising theatre in a socially distant climate

DISTANCED DEVISING - ONLINE CPD The Paper Birds have been making and touring physical, verbatim theatre productions since 2003. But for the last 10 years, co-Directors Kylie and Jemma have ...
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Bounce Story Club

Bounce Theatre are running a story writing club during lockdown ...
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Ten Second Objects (inc Online Version)

Small groups make the shape of an object using their bodies - in only ten seconds! ...
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Told By An Idiot: Idiots in Isolation

One of the most original physical comedy theatre companies I have ever seen - now sharing more of their ideas ...
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Guess Who I Am (inc Online Version)

A fun way of creating characters from any picture ...
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Drama Games for Language Teaching – Macmillan Webinar

Five Top Drama Games to enhance language learning and boost student confidence, creativity and spontaneity ...
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I Went To The Supermarket (inc Online Version)

A classic cumulative memory game which can be played online ...
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Mr Horne’s Performing Arts Channel

A YouTube channel produced by Mr Horne for his Primary Performing Arts curriculum classes – well worth a look! ...
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Share Your Shakespeare Online

The RSC invites you to share your favourite Shakespeare video or photo ...
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National Theatre Connections Festival – Online

The National Theatre Connections Festival performances posted online for the Royal & Derngate Theatre in Northampton ...
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Where Do You Stand? (inc Online Version)

A fast and effective way of discovering everybody’s opinions about a subject - online or offline ...
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Kneehigh WIndows to the World

The brilliant Kneehigh Theatre Company set you some bonkers and brilliant creative challenges ...
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Drama One to One Online/Offline

Therapeutic drama one-to-one, online and offline - an interview with Janine Oxley ...
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How to Direct a Show Online

Is it possible to continue rehearsals for a youth theatre production with a cast of 33 during the coronavirus crisis? ...
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Websites for Teaching Drama Online

Links to up-to-date websites which help with teaching drama online ...
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Useful Tools for Teaching Drama Online

Tools, resource hubs and free courses about teaching online ...
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What Are You Doing? (Online/Offline)

A mime and language game that can be easily adapted for playing online with a partner ...
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David Farmer

Director

David Farmer inspires, motivates and educates teachers about the power of drama to transform learning. Following a stand-out career as a theatre director and producer of shows and workshops for children and young people across the world, he is an in-demand speaker, trainer and writer.