Challenge > Inspire
I know teachers who loathe parent teacher interviews. I know some who get nervous and sweat about meeting their pupil’s parents like they were bungee jumping for the first time.…
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World Theatre Day
My apologies for regular visitors of this blog for not blogging the past couple of weeks. I have been on school holidays here in Melbourne and there wasn’t much to…
Top Class Success
Well, it’s a rare moment when a Drama teacher is left almost speechless! The past few days have brought me great joy as I discovered some of my 2005 Year…
Fawlty Towers
Some comedy television series are almost timeless, aren’t they? It always seems to amaze me how each year Rowan Atkinson and his character Mr Bean appeal again and again to…
Brecht + Bono = Social Activism
Today in Year 12 Drama we were undertaking theory on Brecht and his Epic Theatre (at this point it is worth warning you that I think Brecht will probably feature…
Does Theatre Need A Theatre?
In senior Drama yesterday we were undertaking theory work on Jerzy Grotowski’s Poor Theatre style. It is only now that my students are coming to realise that they have been…