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Charles Holloway OBE: From West London to the West End

Thu 31 Oct 2024 | Uncategorized

Benedict Lombe’s play Shifters transferring from the Bush Theatre to the West End was a milestone moment: for the artists involved, the audiences they engaged, and the future of British theatre it will inspire. It offers a glimpse of what commercial theatre in this country could be. And as Bush audience members and supporters know,…

Shifting the Narrative: Radical Love Commissions

Wed 28 Aug 2024 | Our Plays, Playwriting

A new initiative, inviting eight Global Majority artists to write short-form responses to the West End production of Benedict Lombe’s hit play Shifters, which is at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London, until 12 October.  We’re delighted to be launching this new opportunity, alongside ATG Entertainment West End Creative Learning and the Producers of Shifters.…

Call out: tell us what you thought of Shifters

Wed 03 Jul 2024 | Our Plays

Did you see Shifters at the Bush? We need you! To celebrate the West End transfer of Benedict Lombe’s hit play, we’re asking audiences to help us spread the word. We’d love you to send in a short video of your thoughts, experiences and takeaway’s from the world premiere run at the Bush Theatre earlier…

Drama ideas for World Book Day 2017

Mon 27 Feb 2017 | The Bigger Picture

World Book Day takes place on the 2 March 2017. Our Community Producer, Amanda Castro, gives you some ideas to take into school.

World Book Day is the perfect opportunity to encourage a love of books and creative writing! And what better way to bring stories to life than drama? Here are a few tried and tested games and activities guaranteed to have your pupils buzzing about books.

  • Take a book that the class know well and ask them to recreate the story using a series of five tableaux (frozen images). Small groups work best! Ask the children what they think are the key moments of the book and how they can present them visually.
  • Ask small groups to create a “script” of their favourite moment from a book they know. This is a good opportunity to teach the class about writing dialogue and the conventions of writing a stage play. For an interesting twist, ask members of another group to perform the scene.  This will give the pupils the opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of their dialogue and stage directions!
  • Ask your pupils to imagine the book as a play on stage – how would they picture it as a piece of live theatre? A fun creative exercise is to ask pupils to design and draw an imaginary set and costumes that depicts the world of the book, the different settings and the main characters– they can even create a model of the set!

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