Poetry and Poppies Workshops:
Stories from World War One

Discover the First World War from an interactive, drama-based perspective

Part history, part literature and part drama, our Poetry and Poppies workshops use theatrical techniques to explore the people and stories of the Great War. Led by a professional actor-facilitator, the children work together to create scenes that imaginatively weave poetry, interviews with soldiers, and personal accounts from people who lived through this defining time.

Workshop options include individual class-by-class sessions, or our full day workshop which concludes with a performance by the children presenting a chronological exploration of the war.

Poetry and Poppies Workshops

Poetry and Poppies: Individual Workshops

Class-by-class sessions, taking an imaginative look at what World War One meant at the time and what it means today.
The workshop combines professional theatrical techniques with the language of war poets and accounts from those who took part, taking an in-depth look at the World War One experience.
Suitable for Y1 to Y6.

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Poetry and Poppies Today: Workshops + children’s performance

Class-by-class sessions led by a professional actor-facilitator and focusing on a different topic of the war.
At the end of the day, all classes who have taken part come together to perform to each other, with the final performance presenting a chronological exploration of the war.
Suitable for Reception to Y6.

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