Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

1st Mar 2024News

We love working with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to support their work on and around Shakespeare Week each year.  “We hugely enjoyed the workshops. It was lovely for the children to have a day off timetable exploring Shakespeare. I was actually surprised by the creativity of their responses during both the drama activities and the … Read More

International Schools

18th Aug 2023News, School Workshops

Our commitment to high quality provision that strengthens skills, delivers new content and promotes aspiration is a perfect fit for English-speaking International Schools everywher Like many International Schools, we cover both primary and secondary ages, so we’re able to work with you to put together an exciting and engaging programme lasting a number of days – … Read More

Literacy Workshops for Secondary Schools Summer Term

20th Jun 2023News, School Workshops

A range of Creative Literacy workshops designed to support the English Curriculum at KS3 & KS4 this Summer.  Experiential, exciting and empowering, our imaginative approaches harness tried and trusted approaches from the worlds of drama, visual art and creative writing. Approaches specifically developed to support young people in developing their reading and writing skills – … Read More

Creative Literacy Programmes for Primary Schools this Summer Term

10th Apr 2023News, School Workshops

Experiential, exciting and empowering, our imaginative and cross-curricular approaches harness tried and trusted approaches from the worlds of drama, visual art and creative writing and are all rooted in the Curriculum. Approaches specifically developed to support EYFS – KS2 / P1 – P7 children in developing their reading and writing skills – and to boost … Read More

The Children’s Shakespeare Debate and As Creatives

25th Feb 2019News

For the third year running, we’re working with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (creators of the phenomenally successful Shakespeare Week) to design and deliver two series of workshops – one for pupils and the other for teachers. The absolute highlight of this year’s partnership, so far, was the opportunity to work with 60 Year 6 pupils … Read More

Shakespeare Poets – with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust!

25th Jan 2018News, School Workshops

We are huge fans of Shakespeare, of course – firmly believing in the power of experiential approaches to his works. And we also love the process of creating, crafting and performing poetry. Over the years, we have taken our interactive Shakespeare and Poetry workshops to tens of thousands of children and young people, both nationally … Read More

Case Study: Shaking up Shakespeare

1st Sep 2017Blog, Case Studies

Sadly, it is still very often the case that when students arrive in one of our Shakespeare workshops, the dread is written all over their faces! The fear that they won’t understand it or that it will be boring, or just plain irrelevant, is palpable. However, it is a challenge we relish and it doesn’t … Read More

Case Study: World Book Day and Shaking Up Shakespeare

7th Sep 2014Case Studies

We first met the Beacon Primary in Liverpool when the school’s Assistant Headteacher booked onto one of our own Teacher CPD Days: Twenty Ways into Shakespeare. She clearly enjoyed – and valued – the experience, because, a little while later, we were invited to visit the school on World Book Day – to work with Years … Read More