DRAMA RESOURCE: SHAKESPEARE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Drama Resource
24 Glebe Road
Norwich
Norfolk NR2 3JG
Office +44 (0)1603 465973
Mobile +44 (0)797 321 7876
www.dramaresource.com
info@dramaresource.com
Course Leader: David Farmer
Saturday 12th March 2016
Venue: Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street, London E1
10.30am - 4.30pm
Shakespeare for Children and Young People
This popular one-day course outlines a practical approach for teaching
Shakespeare to children and young people from key stage 2 right up to
teenagers and adults. We explore a range of enjoyable and accessible drama
games and strategies that will quickly get students involved in the world of the
play and enable the teacher/practitioner to explore character, language and
staging ideas through practical methods. A range of script extracts are used
during the day to demonstrate how the approaches can be used with any of
Shakespeare’s plays.
We will explore:
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Staging the play
Using a playful approach
Entering the world of the play
Exploring and enjoying the language
Developing characters
Tips on directing and production skills
This one-day CPD course is suitable for teachers, freelance theatre directors,
drama practitioners and actors who would like to teach Shakespeare through
practical methods, whether the aim is to direct a whole Shakespeare play,
improve literacy or just introduce primary or secondary students to characters,
scenes and stories in a way that they will never forget. The emphasis will be on
a relaxed and informal atmosphere – you will leave inspired, refreshed and with
a new skill set of ideas and approaches.
“I found David’s experience and the quality of the course very inspiring. The
approach of building layer upon layer coherently is brilliant.” – Hattie Slim,
Participant, March 2014.
“A tour-de-force of a day!” – Jonathan Buxton, Teacher, Milton Hall Primary
School, October 2014.
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DRAMA RESOURCE: SHAKESPEARE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
The Tutor
David Farmer is a freelance drama consultant, director, writer and drama
practitioner. He has produced plays for the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith and
theRoyal Exchange Manchester, as well as touring productions to art centres,
schools and festivals internationally. He was founder and Artistic Director of
Tiebreak Theatre Company and was the consultant for a series of directing
courses across the UK run by the Shakespeare Schools Festival. He is a guest
tutor at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He manages the
popular website www.dramaresource.com.
What to Bring
Comfortable clothing to move in. Light refreshments are included and at
lunchtime we will walk to Old Spitalfields Market where there are several yummy
options available (lunch not included).
How to Book
Payment: The fee is £185 per participant. There is a 10% discount for each
additional colleague from the same organisation.
Payment by cheque: Please
complete and return the booking
form below with your purchase order
or payment. An official invoice will be
dispatched and payment can be
made by cheque or BACS. Your
booking will be fully confirmed on
receipt of the payment and booking
form.
Online payment: You can pay by
credit card or Paypal. Visit
http://www.dramaresource.com/cour
ses then select the course and click
the Buy Now button to visit a secure
payment page. You will receive
immediate confirmation of the
payment. Your booking will be
confirmed on receipt of a completed
booking form.
Drama Courses
Since 2005 Drama Resource has offered a range of high quality training
opportunities to hundreds of teachers, teaching assistants, drama practitioners,
actors and directors. Courses on drama in education explore the role of drama
techniques to use across the curriculum. Courses on directing and devising
theatre use exciting and creative approaches to developing group performance.
All courses are highly practical and supported by course notes, enabling
participants to easily adapt the approaches for their own use.
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DRAMA RESOURCE: SHAKESPEARE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
BOOKING FORM
Venue: Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street, London E1
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DRAMA RESOURCE: SHAKESPEARE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Cancellation Agreement
A cancellation of your booking must be made in writing or by email to David
Farmer at Drama Resource to be received as soon as possible.
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There is an administration charge of £25 payable for cancellations
received 61 or more days before the start of the course.
Cancellations received 29-60 days before the start of the course are
subject to a cancellation fee of 25 per cent of the course fees.
Cancellations received 15-28 days before the start of the course are
subject to a cancellation fee of 50 per cent of the course fees.
Cancellations received 0-14 days before the start of the course are
subject to a cancellation fee of 100 per cent of the course fees.
If the participant fails to attend the course, the full course fees are
payable.
Cancellation fees apply regardless of whether any payments have yet
been received.
Drama Resource reserves the right to cancel any course and will return
any booking fee paid in advance.
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