The question we may ask ourselves as drama teachers could be, “Is technology our friend or foe?” During these disruptive times, we are no longer seeing our students face to face but holding lessons via various apps such as Zoom,
Online Teaching and Games – Lucy Morgans
Having taught speech, drama and dance for the past 20 years, running a successful local drama school and teaching in a variety of local and independent schools, I was running on a happy teaching autopilot. My classes were busy and
May article – Keep Calm and Teach Remotely!
The prospect of teaching remotely a ‘hands on’ and spontaneous subject such as Speech and Drama – filled me with dread. I had to be thankful though that the school who employs me to teach LAMDA wanted to keep it
2021 AGM+ date for your diary
The next STSD Annual General Meeting is planned to be held in London on Saturday 13th February 2021, dependent upon the COVID19 situation. More details to follow in due course.
An update on Word Matters from Lynne Collinson
Dear Members and Subscribers The closing date for articles for the Summer issue of Word Matters has just passed and I have been in contact with John Good who design, prepare, print and distribute our Journal. Unfortunately John Good has
NEW OXFORD UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND ADOLESCENTS’ MENTAL HEALTH DURING COVID-19 CRISIS
New Oxford University research study will track what helps or harms adolescents’ mental health during the COVID-19 crisis A new research survey launches today from experts at the University of Oxford along with collaborators from the Universities of Cambridge, Glasgow,
Conference update – 2020, 2021 and 2022
Our 2020 Conference in Canterbury has been postponed until 2022 (Thursday 18 – Saturday 21 August) and the programme of events planned for 2020 will remain the same. Preparations are underway for our 2021 Conference in Stratford (Friday 20 –
Free shows online
National Theatre productions to be streamed for free on YouTube: https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/national-theatre-live-youtube-free-stream_51268.html?utm_source=dailytickets&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=26march2020 Watch world-class plays every Thursday for free Coming up from next week on our YouTube channel: Frankenstein – Academy Award®-winner Danny Boyle directs Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, alternating the roles
Opera screenings
Glyndebourne Live: Dialogues Des Carmelites Glyndebourne’s first ever staging of an extraordinary 21st century tragedy inspired by true events. Painfully, rapturously beautiful, Poulenc’s opera is musical storytelling at its most viscerally powerful. Sunday, 19 July at 17.30. Glyndebourne Live: Alcina
Going to the theatre (in the cinema)
This Spring: King John (RSC production from The Swan, Stratford) on 29 April, The Welkin (Maxine Peake and Cecilia Noble) on 21 May, Leopoldstadt (NT Live), Tom Stoppard’s critically acclaimed new play, on 23 June and Jack Absolute Flies Again