FREE CPD for Drama Teachers
Reawaken your creativity and work with experienced professional actors to enhance your skills and deliver best practice in teaching the performance components of GCSE and A level drama.
Join us on ZOOM after school for an exciting series of
5 FREE Workshops
open to all Drama and English teachers in the Bristol area.
Connect with other teachers and be part of an ever-growing industry interface where your students will benefit from best practice and opportunities for training.
We are offering the following workshops in Spring 2025:
Thursday 30th January: Movement for Actors
Thursday 13th February - Voice for Actors
Thursday 6th March - Improvisation and Devising
Thursday 20th March - Playing Shakespeare
Thursday 3rd April - Contemporary Text
All workshops run from 4.30-5.30pm on ZOOM.
ADDED BONUS:
Book an expert member of our team to come into your school and talk to your post-16 students about drama school - how and where to apply, navigating the audition process and career opportunities post-drama school.
Opportunity to bring your students to our Shakespeare production in July - free schools’ matinee.
Free Workshops for Drama Teachers
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Movement for Actors
Thursday 30th January 2025 4.30-5.30pm
Embody and explore stage movement in a way that is both intensely creative and safety-conscious.
Emerge with new techniques to inspire your students.
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Voice for Actors
Thursday 13th February 2025 4.30-5.30pm
Delve into vocal production, projection and connection for the stage.
Learn how to help students be vocally more creative and expressive.
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Devising
Thursday 6th March 4.30-5.30pm
Professional tools for working creatively from a variety of stimuli to produce exciting, engaging and practitioner-relevant work that tells a story from moment to moment.
This practical, playful session is full of the devising tools used throughout professional companies.
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Playing Shakespeare
Thursday 20th March 2025 4.30-5.30pm
Dive into classical text the way Shakespeare intended - as an actor!
Learn how a visceral understanding of the verse unlocks the language and provides clear clues to performance, empowering you to connect with character and situation in an authentic, yet contemporary way.
Improve student acheivement in both English and Drama: our own students have proven again and again that an actor’s understanding of Shakespeare translates into better grades at GCSE and A Level.
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Contemporary Text
Thursday 3rd April 2025 4.30-5.30pm
Acting as reacting: connecting to your scene partners, listening, responding and thinking on the line, in the moment.
Learn practical techniques for making text come alive that are easily transferable to your students.
Meet your tutors:
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Clara Marullo
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Jennifer Higham