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5 Editorial 6 News 11 Views Jacqui O’Hanlon and Audrey Tang 12 Bardwatching Catch up on all the latest Shakespeare news
FEATURES 14 Treading new ground How the New Earth Theatre Company is supporting British East and Southeast Asian students 16 The wait is over Samuel Beckett’s iconic play Waiting for Godot opens at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket 18 All change? What does a different government mean for arts education? 21 On the fringe How to get the most out of a visit to Edinburgh’s legendary festival 22 Lights, camera, action Drama highlights from the upcoming Expo
PERFORMING ARTS 24 Let’s get physical Mime and more at L’École Internationale Théâtre Jacques Lecoq
BACKSTAGE MATTERS 25 Casting a line Choosing the right person for the job
Cover image: Roberto Ricciuti
DRAMA IN EARLY YEARS AND€PRIMARY 27 Play your part How The Old Vic can help with this year’s festive show
GOING SOLO 28 Royal Shakespeare Company A certificate from the best in the business
ON COURSE 31 Drama Studio London What’s on offer and where to start
VENUE FOCUS 40 Lyric Theatre Belfast Exploring the studio’s varied and accessible creative learning programme
LESSON PLANS AND STRATEGIES 32 Practitioner Focus D&T meets Tamasha, the company dedicated to emerging and established Global Majority artists 35 One-off workshop A guided tour through Oscar Wilde’s moving and moralistic story The Happy Prince 58 Drama strategy The Giant’s Hobby – a mime exercise to encourage precision of movement
PLAYS 36 Play for study Cat on a hot tin roof 39 Play for Performance Alice in Wonderland 41 Play text reviews Cassie and the Lights; Wolf Play; Helen; The Wood of the Words 44 Five great plays… … that feature young people overcoming hurdles
REVIEWS 45 Books The Independent Actor; The Alexander Technique 47 Performance Edinburgh Fringe Festival; My English Persian Kitchen 48 CPD Structuring devised performance 56 Schemes of Work summaries Full schemes available online: KS2 | Swallows and Amazons KS3 | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child KS3/4 | Second World War: The Occupation of Jersey KS4 | Don’t fear the monologue KS5 | Using Practitioners Better
LISTINGS 50 Workshops 55 Performances www.dramaandtheatre.co.uk
Autumn Term 2 2024/25 Drama & Theatre 3
