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5 Editorial 6 News 12 Views Josie Clark and Rachel DuPree 15 Bardwatching Catch up on all the latest Shakespeare news
FEATURES 16 Intimacy Practice We look into the company and movement director pioneering an entire new field in directing and choreographing intimacy and sexual content on screen and in theatre 19 Blackeyed Theatre’s Oh What a Lovely War We meet director Nicky Allpress to discuss the influence of practitioner Joan Littlewood on this new anniversary production 20 Getting into drama school In an extract from his new book, Nick Mosley shares his best drama school audition advice 22 The Comedy School One company providing its local community with laughter-based learning
DRAMA IN EARLY YEARS AND PRIMARY 25 Roald Dahl Story Company D&T collates a guide to the upcoming Roald Dahl-inspired productions
Cover image: West End production of The Choir of Man Credit: Courtesy of The Choir of Man
MDE AWARDS 28 London Bubble Theatre We speak to one of the winners of this year’s Music and Drama Education Award
PERFORMING ARTS 32 The Soho Poly A revamped venue in a basement in London’s Soho is delivering workshops to schools, as D&T finds out
BACKSTAGE MATTERS 36 Immersive Everywhere Training courses on how creatives can adapt their craft to suit the world of immersive theatre
GOING SOLO 38 Wise Children’s Pick and Mix Head of Performance, Laura Keefe, on a pioneering way to interact with drama schools
LESSON PLANS AND STRATEGIES 42 Practitioner focus Bunny Christie 44 One-off workshop Goldilocks and the Three Bears 66 Drama strategy Line up
PLAYS 46 Play for study Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons by Sam Steiner
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48 Play for performance The Static by Davey Anderson 50 Five great plays… …with strong feminist ideals 51 Play text reviews Modest, Losing It, NT Connections, Heathers The Musical: Teen Edition
REVIEWS 54 Books The Great White Bard Drama Games for Exploring Shakespeare 55 Performance: Anna Karenina 55 Workshop The Crucible, West End debut 57 Web resource Bloomsbury’s Lit In Colour research report 57 CPD session: A Level AQA Drama 64 Schemes of Work summaries Full schemes available online: KS2 | Jersey Myths and Legends KS3 | Nell Leyshon’s The Beauty Manifesto KS3/4 | A Guided Tour of the Asylum KS4 | The Crucible KS5 | Devising in the style of Frantic Assembly (AQA A Level)
LISTINGS: UK-WIDE 58 Performances 60 Workshops and courses www.dramaandtheatre.co.uk
Autumn Term 1 2023/24 Drama & Theatre 3
