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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The New Edexcel A Level Drama Course (Members)

led by Robert Fonseca

Tuesday 20th October 6.30-8.30pm at Central School of Speech & Drama, Eton Avenue NW3 3HY

This course is aimed at both teachers new to the Edexcel AS/A Level course and to current teachers who wish to refresh their ideas and approach, particularly in the light of the new 2008 curriculum. We will focus in particular on:

      • Implementing an integrated approach to delivering the various units of the course: the choices we make and how they can be structured to create a coherent educational package.
      • Ways of usefully incorporating accessible elements of modern critical theory, offering a robust theoretical framework for analysing and creating drama (semiotics without Saussure!).
      • Practical exercises and approaches to teaching concepts, based on tried and tested schemes of work.

Robert Fonseca is Head of Drama at Cardinal Pole School, a mixed 11-18 comprehensive in Hackney, where he is also currently co-ordinating the introduction of the new diploma courses. Robert has been teaching drama in inner London for 18 years, in a variety of settings, and has taught the Edexcel A Level course since its inception in 1996. He worked for many years as a visiting examiner for the Edexcel AS and A2 performance units and he is an experienced course leader, having run many professional development programmes for NQTs and beginning teachers.

Recommended products

Edexcel AS Drama Study Guide (2nd Edition) (Members) (£19.95 £19.00)
by Max Harvey and Nigel Williams
Rhinegold Education
ISBN: 978-1-906178-37-6
more info

Edexcel A2 Drama Study Guide (2nd Edition) (Members) (£21.95 £20.85)
by Max Harvey and Andrew Psirides
Rhinegold Education
ISBN: 978-1-906178-81-9
more info

Advanced Drama & Theatre Studies (2nd Edition) (Members) (£21.99 £20.89)
by Jonothan Neelands and Warwick Dobson
Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 978-0-340-97262-5
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.