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Grandma’s Footsteps

Drama Games, Group Dynamics, Mime and Movement

This classic playground game is perfect for exploring dramatic tension. Plenty of fun, surprise and cheating!

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Keeping Control in the Drama Lesson

Drama Teaching, Drama Tips, Features, Primary Drama

Classroom Management for Drama Lessons The challenge of managing the classroom during drama could be why some teachers are reluctant to teach the subject. Drama lessons are there to encourage free expression, so doesn’t this just lead to noise, over-excitement...Read more

Role on the Wall

Drama Strategies

Role on the wall is a collaborative class activity for developing thoughts and ideas about a character.

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Drama Games for Language Teaching (teenage to adult)

Download - Secondary

14 easy to use drama games and activities suitable for a range of ages and language levels.

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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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The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising Theatre

Acting, Books, Directing, Secondary

Highly recommended insight into the work of a leading UK physical theatre company – a must for devising physical work.

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Laban for All

Acting, Directing

Rudolf Laban’s down to earth approach can be used to beneficially develop character movement for young children through to adults.

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Drama Menu

Books, Drama Clubs, Drama Games, Secondary

Perfect book for planning drama sessions for secondary students and above, with games and longer activities.

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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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Top 5 Books for Teaching Shakespeare to Children and Young People

Directing and Devising, Drama Teaching, Drama Tips, Features

These days Shakespeare can be taught to children and young people in very exciting and active ways – and there are numerous recent books to help teachers. These books bring alive the stories, characters, settings and language through lively games and exercises...Read more
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What Are Drama Games?

Children’s natural tendency towards make-believe play can be utilised at school through structured play and drama.

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Explore bullying issues through the story of Cinderella using drama, writing and restorative justice techniques

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (5-11 years)

Drama activities based on ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, including a live performance of the story of Titania and Oberon

Learning Your Lines: The Compact Guide By Mark Channon

Using the experience of his acting career, Mark Channon applies Mindfulness and the Memory Palace approach to learning lines for auditions, rapid learning for television shoots, getting off-book in rehearsals and becoming present and truthful in your relationship with other performers.

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