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 doing “Poor Theatre” since Year…
Ball Up
Ever played ‘Ball Up’ with a Drama class? It is the simplest of warm up activities and yet so much fun. So today we played Ball Up for a while in Year 12 Drama. Now…
Passion Is Back In Fashion!
In reference to my post on passion in Drama teaching (Feb 6th), what do you know, it seems passion is back in fashion!The official motto for the XX Winter Olympics at Torino is: “Passion Lives…
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,…