Theatre (78 total posts)

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Your responsibilities as a creator of theatre

June 30, 2017
The other day I went to the theatre to see the culminating performances of theatre students that had been studying devising and theatre creation at my local University. I was excited to see what they would come up with. Having spent many years working with High School...
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Your role as a teacher

May 31, 2017
The last month I have been assisting examiners with how to mark the Research Presentation, watching Research Presentations from around the world, then awarding the student with the fairest marks possible. Some students are excellent – enthusiastic, well...
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Managing the unexpected Drama class

April 19, 2017
The last few months I have been working as a freelance artists teaching in all types of places all over the world. On my travels I have encountered some rather unexpected circumstances, ones where I had been told one thing in advance, but encountered another. The...
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Using objects as a starting point

March 17, 2017
For the student blog this month I focused on how the use of the towel in ‘Matthew Bourne’s Early Adventures’ had inspired me. To get your imagination flowing, watch the short section below that is also on the student blog. For teachers I thought that...
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Immersive Theatre strategies

February 24, 2017
For the student blog this month I wrote about how I was confused as an audience member about the expectations of the audience in an immersive piece. For the teachers blog I thought it would be helpful to look at some of the tools of the trade that have been...
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Devising companies around the world

January 16, 2017
The last year I have been running month-long online courses for teachers. Part of the work includes sharing devising companies we know of. Here are some that I thought may interest teachers and students like: Chance Theater (Orange County, California) This is a...