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Primary resources – Larraine Harrison Read More »
Deborah Pakkar Hull’s fascinating piece takes us from 1996 (more than 60% of students choosing to study the subject at GCSE) to 2026 (my work in schools has almost disappeared). As an expert with thirty years who has positively impacted the lives of tens of thousands of children and young people through Drama, where does her hope for change come from?
Thirty Years in Educational Theatre: What Future Lies Ahead? Read More »
National Drama Unpacks is a new series of short, practical guides designed to help teachers of Drama make sense of the key issues shaping education today.
National Drama Unpacks – the Enrichment Framework Read More »
Will Shüler takes us to two International Drama and Theatre conferences, exploring What Theatre Does, meeting Suzy Eddie Izzard, Senator Lidia Thorpe and others, and exploring enactment and protest, theatre and science around DNA and neurodivergence, queer performance and more…
Notes from Two International Theatre Research Conferences Read More »
Gill Brigg reflects on The Clothes Rack, a captivating piece devised and performed by contemporary circus artist Regina Baumann.
One Thousand Clapping Hands Read More »
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The Ones Who Got Away (Spoiler alert: They Probably Didn’t) Read More »
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.
Peoplescape Theatre: Moving Stories report by Sally Manser Read More »
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
With Deepest Sadness Read More »
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.
Volume 16.2 Editorial Read More »
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