If you’re planning on teaching Epic Theatre to senior high school Drama or Theatre students for the first time, or simply need a refresher on this critically important topic in 20th-century theatre, then here’s my…
Farce is one of the oldest and most enduring forms of comedy. It thrives on unlikely situations, exaggerated behaviour, and rising chaos, aiming to generate laughter through pure disorder rather than moral lessons or subtle…
Twenty years ago today, on 4th February 2006, I published the first post on The Drama Teacher. It opened with a degree of uncertainty that now feels quietly familiar: At the time, it was little…
To fully understand Absurdism in a senior Drama or Theatre classroom, teachers and students need a shared starting point for approaching the complexities of this theatrical movement. Without this, Absurdist plays can appear as merely…
