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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

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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

Stanislavski in Practice: exercises for students
by Nick O'Brien

This book is an unparalleled step-by-step guide to Stanislavski’s System. Each element of the System is covered practically through studio exercises and jargon-free discussion.

More info and/or buy here

London Drama Members!

Get 5% discount on Drama to Inspire, Order in the Chaos, Stanislavski in Practice and all London Drama books. (Log in required.) Applies also to members of National Drama and English Speaking Board. Find out more

Learning to Teach Drama 11-18 (Members) £24.99 £23.74

This successful textbook, aimed at all drama and combined English and drama secondary teachers, has been written by the leading authorities in this field, Andy Kempe and Helen Nicholson. This new edition has been fully revised to cover:

All new training routes;
Changes in legislation;
Use of ICT and multimedia resources in teaching;
Working with teaching assistants;
Collaborating with the creative industries and the community;
Career progression.

It also gives guidance on how to begin training, subject knowledge, planning, classroom management, assessment, working partnerships, professional responsibilities and transition into the real world of teaching. It is a wonderful practical textbook with discursive prose, case studies, checklists and suggestions.

Reviews

'Learning to Teach Drama 11-18 is aimed at the student teacher, but all trainees and newly trained teachers should find its practical, encouraging approach useful on organisation, use of workplace, material, planning, building relationships with pupils, dealing with behaviour, assessment, personal reflection and so on.'
The Times Educational Supplemement

'This is a comprehensive guide to the subject that has now been adopted by many universities as a set text...In an exceedingly user-friendly style the reader is guided to develop their subject knowledge, plan and manage the drama classroom, as well as focussing on monitoring and assessment...a one-stop resource not just for the aspiring drama teacher but all students in training.'
NWN2

Recommended products

Teaching Classroom Drama & Theatre - Practical Projects (Members) (£41.99 £38.89)
by Martin Lewis and John Rainer
Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415319089
more info

Learning to Teach in the Secondary School (Members) (£23.99 £22.79)
by Susan Capel, Marilyn Leask, Tony Turner (Editors)
Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415478724
more info

Teaching, Learning & the Curriculum in Secondary Schools: (Members) (£24.99 £23.74)
by Steven Hutchinson, Bob Moon and Ann Shelton Mayes (Editors)
Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415260671
more info

Coming up

Drama Now! Conference Highlights

Tuesday 19 June 2012: 6.30-8.30pm.
Venue: TBC
Led by Carol Olivier and LD Team.

Our successful recent Drama Now! Conference was designed to inspire and support anyone with an interest in or professional engagement with Educational Drama and Theatre whether in London, or elsewhere.
This evening course will provide useful highlights from this rich event which was led by theatre practitioners and classroom teachers and their students and provide you with loads of practical resources for immediate use in your classroom.
More info and to book here.
Members' discount fees here. (Log in needed)

Drama Now! Conference Follow Up

A Special Event for Conference Attenders.

Saturday 7th July 10am-1pm

Venue: TBC

If you came to the Conference we have arranged a special FREE event as an opportunity to continue the active exchange of ideas and methods between you as practitioners.

It is a way of keeping in touch with one another, re-enjoying the experience we all shared and to maximise the inputs and outputs relating to it.

Book at Follow Up Event (member log in required)

Surveys

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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.