drama Archives

Blog

9 September 2026

From classroom to rehearsal room: where Shakespeare finds its voice

Anthony Cockerill meets Tom Davey, the man behind Bright Torches, the organisation providing workshops, teacher…

Anthony Cockerill

Features

1 November 2025

Building the stage and breaking the fourth wall: learning to teach Shakespeare on a PGCE

Teaching Shakespeare for the first time can feel daunting: the language is dense, the plays…

Charlotte Wright

Clocks and an hour glass with sand trickling down.

Blog

8 April 2025

The time to act is now

Martin Illingworth highlights the potential of the postpandemic educational landscape to stimulate a much-needed conversation…

Martin Illingworth

An open book with a jumble of letters flying off the pages.

Blog

7 April 2025

Taking the words off the page

The special relationship between the subjects of Drama and English in the secondary curriculum is…

Malcolm Lomax

Primary

4 April 2025

Unlocking storytelling through ‘Talking Objects’ in the classroom

From a fossil with ancient tales to a pencil arguing its importance, 'Talking Objects' encourages…

Karen Stringer

Secondary

1 April 2025

Reimagining Frankenstein through drama

Using drama activities in the English classroom can engage students with the plot, themes and…

Sue Pinnick

Features

1 March 2025

How Dennis Kelly’s DNA forces us to confront humanity’s moral dilemmas

From sociological theories to the darker truths of human behaviour, Emma Stott examines how Dennis Kelly's…

Emma Stott

Features

1 July 2024

Drama-in-English: the significance of role

How might in-role work help to support learners engage creatively and critically with a wide…

Theo Bryer

Features

1 July 2024

Drama, English and digital storytelling: using drama to create digital stories across languages and cultures

As part of the international, multilingual Critical Connections Project, students from four UK schools created…

Vicky Macleroy

Scrooge and Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come

Features

1 July 2024

‘The spirits of all three’: lessons past, present and future – using drama to engage students when reading poetry and prose

Sue Pinnick considers why drama-based approaches have recently fallen out of favour in English and…

Sue Pinnick

drama

From classroom to rehearsal room: where Shakespeare finds its voice

Building the stage and breaking the fourth wall: learning to teach Shakespeare on a PGCE

The time to act is now

Taking the words off the page

Unlocking storytelling through ‘Talking Objects’ in the classroom

Reimagining Frankenstein through drama

How Dennis Kelly’s DNA forces us to confront humanity’s moral dilemmas

Drama-in-English: the significance of role

Drama, English and digital storytelling: using drama to create digital stories across languages and cultures

‘The spirits of all three’: lessons past, present and future – using drama to engage students when reading poetry and prose

Empowering English teachers to inspire young people

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