London Drama News

National Drama also has developed Resources During Lockdown.

Like London Drama, National Drama has also developed support materials for Drama teachers during this lockdown period.
There is a page on their website at Resources and they have a Resources Folder for sahring resources at Resource Folder.
Take care at this difficult time!

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Drama Support

Drama Job Vacancies

Current Drama jobs here.
To advertise your Drama job please contact
londondrama1@gmail.com

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.

Publications

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 all London Drama books at LD Books. (Log in required.) Applies also to members of National Drama and English Speaking Board. Find out more

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Inessential Shakespeare) £4.80

These delightful adaptations by John and Leela Hort, shortened and in modern English, are an excellent way of introducing young people to Shakespeare - they are readable, they bring out the humour of the originals, and they are surprisingly true to the feeling of Shakespeare's plays. They are much appreciated by older people too, many of whom were put off Shakespeare at school.

These Plays are:

ideal for Schools (In the classroom and as the school play;
a useful preparation for a visit to the theatre;
an excellent text for students of English as a foreign language.

The plays keep all the characters and scenes of the originals, and they are about two thirds their length. Acting time is about one and a half hours, so they can be used as a school play or produced by drama groups who cannot cope with the originals.

What the Press said:

"Shakespeare made entertaining and simple, faithful to the characters and scenes and capturing the essence of the originals."
TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT

"Though shortened and simplified, everything is there except the poetry, which is not lost, but waiting for a later, and now more aware, discovery."
THE GUARDIAN

"A valid way in to Shakespeare... Comparing them with the full version strikes me as an interesting classroom exercise."
SHAKESPEARE AND SCHOOLS PROJECT Cambridge Institute of Education

Recommended products

Hamlet (Inessential Shakespeare) (£4.80)
adapted by John and Leela Kabet
The Kabet Press
ISBN: 0-948662-05-0
more info

Henry V (Inessential Shakespeare) (£4.80)
adapted by John and Leela Hort
The Kabet Press
ISBN: 0-948662-01-8
more info

Julius Caesar (Inessential Shakespeare) (£4.80)
adapted by John and Leela Hort
The Kabet Press
ISBN: 978-0-948662-06-5
more info

Coming up

Our free CPD events are being organised in partnership with National Drama via Eventbrite - access them here.

In addition, we have some resources to support you via our e-news at Resources and our home page centre panel features our latest free online event

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.