Shakespeare Workshops
for Secondary Schools
Investigate Shakespeare’s plays from an actor’s perspective in an interactive drama workshop
Using the techniques that a professional actor would use in a rehearsal room today, our workshops give KS3 and KS4 students ownership of Shakespeare’s text by encouraging them to explore the language, characters and themes. By learning to perform a character, students can learn to talk about and write about that character in future.
Secondary School Workshops
Shakespeare in Action - KS3 Drama Workshops
Carefully curated drama-based activities, exploring key moments, characters, and extracts from your chosen play.
A positive experience of Shakespeare’s writing in a physical, interactive and engaging way.
Material adapted according to the knowledge and abilities of each group.
Suitable for Y7, Y8 and Y9.
Rehearsal Room Shakespeare - KS4 Drama Workshops
A practical exploration of a play that your students are already studying.
Fast-paced drama sessions exploring punctuation, language and themes on a practical level.
Techniques that an actor would use to prepare a script, helping students look at text and analyse the play as a whole.
Suitable for Y10 and Y11.
‘It was beyond! The workshop leader was charismatic, engaging, fun and had all children totally hooked! One child came in saying "I hate drama" and then went out of her way to find me in the corridor after the workshop to say “I loved that!”‘
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- English KS3 Teacher, Wellfield Middle School, Shakespeare in Action, March 2023
‘The workshop leader was awesome at building relationships with the kids and knowing which students to target and which to leave. I liked that he made them think about structure and tone which can sometimes be hard to teach in a classroom.’
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- Head of English, Energy Coast UTC, Rehearsal Room Shakespeare, January 2023
