1. Theatre in Education is when a theatre team will go into schools, rather then the
schools going to them, and will start with an educational topic or debate and shape a
performance around it. They often include a variety of drama workshops and will be
created with the curriculum being taken into account.
Gazebo is one of the longest serving Theatre in Education companies and has been
providing inspirational T.I.E programmes and arts activities for children and young
people since 1979. They are available all year round to deliver tailor made
workshops that cover curriculum areas, help with the preparation of exams or
explore important issues such as friendship, drug misuse, bullying, prejudice and
even sex education! Past workshops have included:
- Friendship drama and visual arts workshops – Years 3 & 4
- Bullying – Years 6,7 & 10
- Drugs education – Years 8,9 & 10
- Exploring traditional stories through drama – Reception, years 1 & 2
- Black history workshops – Years 7,8 & 9
- Drama Practitioner workshops: Stanislavsky, Brecht, Boal, Artaud – Year 11
- Romeo & Juliet- prep for GCSE exams - Key stage 4
- "Home" drama and visual arts workshops around diversity - Key stage 2
- Exploring Science through drama and visual arts - Key stage 3
- World War 2 workshops - Key stage 3
- Citizenship workshops - Key stage 3.
They are able to provide artists from a wide range of mediums and disciplines such
as drama, dance (from street dance, contemporary and even belly dancing), music,
visual arts, storytelling and puppetry! Because they have so many people who are
experienced in various professions, it allows them to be able to provide unique and
interesting workshops and take them in a direction that no other company can.
Therefore the students benefit as they get to experience things they never have
experienced before.
They can also offer guidance for those who are looking into working within
community arts and Theatre in Education.
Theatre in Education companies are very important for students and people within a
community as it provides education and guidance on serious issues whilst using fun,
theatre techniques in order to portray them. They can help people to gain
information on how they can deal with certain scenarios and situations and prepare
people for problems they may face. Also they are useful for giving advice to people
who want to be apart of what they do.