Artist or Educator?
When we teach Drama or Theatre, are we artists or educators?How much of the artist is in the teacher?Do we need to be practising our art form while teaching, in order to be better educators?Personally,…
When we teach Drama or Theatre, are we artists or educators?How much of the artist is in the teacher?Do we need to be practising our art form while teaching, in order to be better educators?Personally,…
Every now and then a skit happens in a Drama class that is just so unbelievably funny, other students are literally falling off their chairs in laughter. Today a group of Year 9 students performed…
I recently saw the wonderful film ‘Good Night. And, Good Luck’ which received rave reviews when it opened in America late last year. It is now nominated for several Oscars including George Clooney (Supporting Actor,…
Definition of a shoebox: my Drama classroom. Today I got kicked out of having senior classes timetabled on the stage of a new theatre. Why? It’s a ‘Lecture’ Theatre, not a Theatre, and it’s everybody’s…