Description: Pieces on theatre - extras and extracts from Nick Hern Books
Working on Shakespeare’s plays can be a transformational experience for young people. His stories resonate with everyone, whatever their age or background. His language may be challenging on the page, but it comes to life when spoken aloud; we use it in our daily lives, often without even realising it. Here, arts education consultant ALANNA BEEKEN offers three key principles for introducing Shakespeare to young people, based on the work of educational charity Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation – plus some
Shakespeare sticks. His words are more than four hundred years old, but his stories continue to be told on stages and in classrooms, on screens and in books across the world. No matter the time and distance between us and when he was writing, Shakespeare’s work says something about the human condition that keeps us coming back for more. He wrote characters grappling with life’s biggest questions and the myriad complications of relationships, emotion and power. He created language so beautiful, funny and int
Cultural education charity Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation (CSSF) , with whom I’ve worked for some years, uses these iconic stories and brilliant words to inspire new generations, empowering children of all abilities through workshops, classroom resources and the unique opportunity to perform on a professional stage. CSSF runs the world’s largest youth drama festival, the annual Shakespeare Schools Festival, and works with hundreds of schools across the UK each year, training teachers to direct abridge