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3D Living Pictures

Drama Strategies

Bring characters from works of art, book illustrations and photographs to life through drama.

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Hot Spotting

Drama Strategies

An amazingly fun and easy way to mix up hot-seating and freeze frames to develop characters

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Imaginarium

Drama Games, Mime and Movement, Speaking and Listening, Storytelling

An exciting and completely unpredictable way to use body shapes to brainstorm ideas.

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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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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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The Improv Book

Acting, Books, Drama Games, Secondary

For anyone exploring improvisation, wanting to spice up rehearsals of existing material or devise their own work.

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Commedia dell’arte Drama Unit

Acting, Directing and Devising, Download - Secondary, Features

Commedia dell’arte began in the marketplaces of 16th-century Europe as improvised theatre which was rude, funny and satirical.

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Action Clip

Drama Strategies

Action Clip is a quick way to bring a freeze frame to life – with no preparation!

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Story Books for Drama Teaching

Drama Teaching, Drama Teaching Tips, Drama Tips, Features, Language Teaching

Stories can provide the launch pad for a one-off drama session or several weeks of work. Drama strategies can be drawn on to deepen the understanding of characters and situations or to explore alternative outcomes. Below is a list of books which provide great...Read more

Whoosh! Bringing Stories Alive through Drama

Directing and Devising, Drama Strategies, Features

An interactive technique in which participants become characters and objects in a story as it is told.

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