FULLER IG CRA 24 Contents Contents HARE EMMA PUNCHDRUNK PUNCHDRUNK 46 5 Editorial 6 News 11 Views 12 Bardwatching The latest Shakespeare spottings FEATURES 14 Alice King-Farlow National Theatre’s head of education reflects on the challenges and successes of the organisation’s education and outreach 17 Italia Conti A fascinating new undergraduate course at the Woking performing arts school brings together acting and musical theatre 18 Ruthie Henshall We sit down with the West End star and multi-Olivier Award nominee 22 Theatre Re Making its debut at the Music & Drama Education Expo as one of this year’s exhibitors, we meet the team behind one of the UK’s leading visual theatre companies 24 Off-West End While tourists flock to the big-name shows, we celebrate the work of Off-West End venues and their role in providing a pipeline of talent and nurturing new writing PERFORMING ARTS 21 The power of puppets While puppetry is often dismissed as niche or experimental, educators are finally understanding and appreciating the artform and its potential in the classroom 14 Cover image: Entertaining the crowds at a National Theatre student conference BACKSTAGE MATTERS 25 Pound stretchers How to do backstage on a budget, with help from three top industry professionals DRAMA IN EARLY YEARS AND PRIMARY 27 Play your part National Theatre’s Let’s Play programme aims to empower teachers across the curriculum VENUE FOCUS 29 SCRUM Theatre A new company is offering bespoke workshops and a transformed community arts club in Hammersmith, West London GOING SOLO 30 RSL Awards There’s more than just graded qualifications on offer with these range of awards, qualifications, workshops and masterclasses ON COURSE 31 East 15 Acting School The London conservatoire training innovative, imaginative and daring actors, performers, directors, producers and technicians LESSON PLANS AND STRATEGIES 32 Practitioner focus Director Eva Sampson tailors performances to engage as many audience members as possible 34 One-off workshop The Wild Man of Orford PLAYS 36 Play for study Holloway Jones by Evan Placey 39 Play for performance Drip by Tom Wells 40 Play text reviews The Apiary, Statues, Greek Tragedies for Contemporary Time and Playfight 43 Five great plays … … adapted from fairy tales REVIEWS 45 Books Developing Your Emotional Health and Reimagining the Labor of Theatrical Production 46 CPD Highlights from Shakespeare Schools International Film Festival 46 Performances Viola’s Room 48 Performances The Producers and Twelfth Night 56 Schemes of Work summaries Full schemes available online: KS2 | Monsters everywhere! Exploring The Monster Spotter’s Handbook by Matt Cherry through Drama KS3 | Improv to Performance KS3/KS4 | The Eternal Triangle KS4 | Using a sudden change of mood within a performance KS5 – BTEC Level 3 | Audio Drama Performance LISTINGS 51 Performances 52 Workshops www.dramaandtheatre.co.uk Spring Term 2 2024/25 Drama & Theatre 3