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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.
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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
Lucy Cuthbertson
Lucy Cuthbertson
Lucy Cuthbertson is head of drama at Corelli College (formerly Kidbrooke School) and a Greenwich Advanced Skills Teacher. She was a performer and director before becoming a teacher. Her performances with her students have appeared at Greenwich Theatre, the Riverside Studios, Greenwich Naval College and the National Theatre. Hotel World, adapted by her students from Ali Smith's novel, won the Best Play in the Fringe Report Awards at Edinburgh in 2008. She has described her working methods for Romeo and Juliet in Drama to Inspire and has regularly contributed articles about her work to Drama Magazine.
Coming up
Watch this space...
We are arranging a workshop with Frantic Assembly for September at the New Diorama Arts Studio, 201 Drummond Street, London NW1. Details soon to be posted here.
Meanwhile, please respond to one of our surveys below..
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.
