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Events
LD Playwriting Challenge
This event will enable young playwrights to meet and learn from each other as artists and so start a generation of London youth playwrights. More information at LD Playwriting Challenge
Application form at Application Form.
Drama Support
Borough Drama
Is your borough organised for Drama? Does it provide INSET or CPD courses? London Drama can support the development of initiatives and programmes for drama in boroughs. Please contact us if you would like more information.
Find out more
School Support
If your school would like to develop drama training please contact us. We will advise on or provide active resourcing.
Youth Theatres
Get Into Theatre helps you find out about career opportunities, work experience, training and much more.
New Publications
Drama to Inspire: a London Drama Guide to excellent practice in drama for young people
Edited by John Coventon
This new book is a collection of practice based accounts by fifteen leading practitioners who have had a connection with London Drama, including Dorothy Heathcote, Jonothan Neelands, Andy Kempe and Daniel Shindler.
More info and/or buy here
Order in the Chaos
by Danielle Mackenzie
This new practical resource book by Danielle Mackenzie published by London Drama provides teachers with seven exciting units of work and materials designed for the GCSE Edexcel Drama Examintion, New Specification, helping to organise "Order" in all that potential "Chaos".
Published as a downloadable E-Book.
More info and download here
London Drama Members!
Get 5% discount on Drama to Inspire, Order in the Chaos, and all London Drama books. (Log in required.) Applies also to members of National Drama and English Speaking Board. Find out more
Drama Champions
Drama Champions is an up and running Action Research Project created by Nina Birch from Southwark, in partnership with London Drama and Southwark Theatres Education Partnership (STEP). The project aims to collect and collate evidence that standards of learning can be significantly enhanced and improved through the use of drama in the classroom.
The quality of provision must be outstanding therefore the teachers and educators involved in the project receive training and CPD from some of the most respected and forward thinking practitioners and theorists in the country.
Drama Champions started in Southwark in 2006 and has made a huge impact in the quality of drama being taught across the borough. The action research clearly demonstrated the relationship between the use of quality drama and improvement in pupils writing. (Links to other subjects – maths, history, geography etc. were made but the focus of the Action Research was primarily Literacy)
One of the Southwark Drama Champions became a Deputy Head in Croydon and in 2009 Croydon Drama Champions was initiated.
If you wish to start a Drama Champions programme in your Borough please email London Drama Office.
Go to Southwark Drama Champions
Go to Croydon Drama Champions
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Coming up
Frantic Assembly Physical Theatre Workshop
We are proud to announce that we have organised a workshop with the fantastic Frantic Assembly for Saturday 14th September at the New Diorama Arts Studio, 201 Drummond Street, London NW1 (Map).
The workshop will be led by Vicki Manderson.
More info and to book at more info/booking.
So You Want To Be A Drama Teacher?
If you are thinking of becoming a teacher of drama or have already been accepted onto a training course, PGCE, GTP, School Direct, Teach First etc. then we have a very useful preparatory evening course for you on Tuesday 25th June 2013: 6.30-8.30pm; Venue TBC.
The workshop will be led by Amanda Kipling, PGCE Drama Course Leader at University of London, Goldsmiths, and will give you good practical advice and strategies to path your way.
More info and to book at more info/booking.
Surveys
Drama Networks Survey
Are you in an active local network for drama teachers? Would you like to be? Take the LD Drama Network Survey here.
GCSE Drama Take Up Survey
Has EBacc undermined GCSE Drama take up? Take the survey here.
Courses Survey
We are always keen to hear what courses we can run for you. Please take our Courses survey here.
Mapping Drama Practice
Take the Survey of Drama Practice: it will only take a minute
Organisations
STEP is a borough-wide partnership linking the theatre community and education and youth sector in the London Borough of Southwark.
STEP aims to equalise, extend and deepen the theatre and drama experience of all young people living in Southwark through the development of strategic partnerships between schools, youth and community groups and theatres and performing arts organisations.
STEP's objective is to work closely with Southwark schools, youth and community groups and theatres and performing arts organisations to develop creative approaches to learning and provide innovative projects which stimulate children and young people's personal development and contribute to their educational attainment.
Find out more here.
