One Thousand Clapping Hands
Gill Brigg reflects on The Clothes Rack, a captivating piece devised and performed by contemporary circus artist Regina Baumann.
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The Ones Who Got Away (Spoiler alert: They Probably Didn’t)
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Peoplescape Theatre: Moving Stories report by Sally Manser
Our colleagues at Peoplescape Theatre have just completed an inspirational project for SEND schools.
This was funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Teacher Development Fund. Take a look.
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With Deepest Sadness
It is with profound sorrow that the National Drama Executive shares the news of the passing of our cherished colleague and friend, Vivienne Lafferty. Vivienne was not only ND’s longest-serving officer and our dedicated Newsletter editor, but also a founding member our very first. Her involvement from the earliest steering committee meetings helped shape National
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Volume 16.2 Editorial
Welcome to this special issue of Drama Research! This special issue has arisen from the request by the organisers of the Dorothy Heathcote Now Conference 2024 to publish contributions from that Conference in this journal. We welcome the opportunity to feature such a range and quality of articles. The themes of that conference, which took place at Goldsmiths, University of London in November 2024, were ‘Agency and Empowerment’ and the articles in this edition reflect these themes, which are so relevant in the world today, with forces at work that are intent on denying human rights: even the right to live.
It is to be expected that an edition of a journal which has originated from a conference focusing on the work of Dorothy Heathcote will contain a body of work which reflects this focus: and so it does. And it is also not surprising that the work of this great educator fits very well with these themes: so much of her practice enabled both agency and empowerment in all those that she worked with.
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Conference Virgin
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Drama in Education: Who Are The Practitioners Now?
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National Plan for Drama and Theatre Education
This document has been facilitated and coordinated by Dr Steve Ball and Dr Geoff Readman on behalf of the Drama and Theatre Education Alliance (DTEA).
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You Matter
You Matter Now, more than ever teachers, should be asking young people the question “what would you like to do a drama about?” The question invites children to reflect on what is important to them. We live in an era where it appears that in schools, knowledge is all that matters; it’s certainly all that
New blog post by Vita Nova
In this month’s ND Blog, Tom Williams and Libby Bellhouse, who performed at the National Drama Conference, tell us about their journey as members of Vita Nova, an arts charity for those in recovery from drug and alcohol abuse.
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