Theatre Centre brings world-class theatre straight into the heart of schools. We've been touring for nearly 70 years and providing exciting, creative resources for teachers and students. We commission professional artists, designers, writers, teachers and practitioners to create cutting edge work with young people (and theatre!) at the centre. Theatre Centre is an Arts Council registered National Portfolio Organisation.
Theatre Centre brings world-class theatre straight into the heart of schools. We've been touring for nearly 70 years and providing exciting, creative resources for teachers and students. We commission professional artists, designers, writers, teachers and practitioners to create cutting edge work with young people (and theatre!) at the centre. Theatre Centre is an Arts Council registered National Portfolio Organisation.
A practical lesson in characterisation thorugh movement. Can be used with any play text or performance. Detailed lesson plan and supporting PowerPoint.
This lesson will build skills for both written responses and practical exploration of characters. This 60 minute lesson is for use following reading a play or watching a live performance.
Objectives:
• To be able to alter my movement on stage to reveal qualities of a character
• To evaluate an actor’s use of movement on stage
The lesson explores physicality by learning about how an actor can use centre or energy. Students then create their own role on the wall by considering internal and external qualities of a chosen character. Their understanding is further embedded by use of hotseating.
A series of online sessions and writing exercises that explore the fundamentals of developing characters; finding a voice and turning ideas into stories; and the power of metaphor. Suitable for English and/or Drama lessons.
This course is intended for young people aged between 11 – 16 years old. All sessions contain a 40 minute video lesson, supporting activity sheets and are led by professional writers. Happy writing folks!
Suitable for Closed or Partially Closed Schools. These resources were created as a response to the challenges schools are facing during the Covid 19 outbreak.
Includes:
Lesson 1 - Frazer Flintham. Exploring the relationship between character and story.
Lesson 2 - Nessah Muthy. Developing Characters and their Stories.
Lesson 3 -Matilda Ibini & Natasha Sutton Williams. Turning Your Ideas into Stories.
Lesson 4 - Charlie Josephine. Writing For Performance.
Lesson 5 - Keith Jarrett. Writing Poetry.
Lesson 6 - Chinonyerem Odimba, How To Write a Great Opening Scene
Lesson 7 - Leo Skilbeck. Devising On The Page.
Lesson 8 - Q & A with our writers.
This journal is for young people aged 11+ to use on their own or as a whole class creative project. It’s a guided resource designed to give students a creative outlet to help make sense of all the change and uncertainly in their lives.
Through the 12 Chapters, young people will be given the space to observe, reflect and respond to big topics and themes central to our current world. The TC Journal is easy to use and there are no wrong answers. This is your students’ space to push their imagination and be creative.
The Chapters can be completed in order or hand-picked for the context of your class. Students will follow the same explorative structure to create reflective work for each Chapter. This is purposely repetitive and is designed to encourage ritual and routine when using writing, art or any form of creative response as a means of self-reflection and a mindful activity.
