This is the final scene we shot of Colin Swash’s play ‘Vote Socrates’. It depicts the final moments of Socrates life before he takes his own life. Again, I thought that the performances were quite amazing considering the lack of preparation and the complexity of the themes. (Source: http://player.vimeo.com/)

ACTIVE APPROACHES’ INSETS FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH & DRAMA KS 3 & 4

We now have an exciting range of courses on offer for the next academic year. These uniquely interactive workshops are building on the highly successful courses which took place during 2007-2008. Each course promotes our ‘Active Approaches’ method of interactive teaching, which is specifically designed to enrich students’ learning experience, inform their written response and…

A NEW PRIMARY INSET FOR TEACHERS OF KEY STAGE 1

DRAMA DIRECT PRESENTS USING DRAMA TO STIMULATE TALK FOR WRITING AT KEY STAGE 1 “New ideas for bringing stories to life for the younger pupils. Wonderful!” at SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE Wednesday 26th Nov 2008 9-0am to 3-30pm Due to the success of our London Insets in 2007/8 we are now offering places on our exciting…

Gadfly – Barnet – Day Four. Showtime

The students on ‘The Gadfly Project’ pulled off a remarkable feat when they presented ‘Vote Socrates’ – a play written specifically for the project by Colin Swash – to an audience of parents and friends. Mark, John, Ed and Tori were really proud of everything these young people achieved during the four days. For a…