Staging a play with children can be a fun and rewarding experience for everyone involved. Here are some general steps to help you successfully stage a play with kids: Remember to keep things fun and relaxed, and encourage the children to express their creativity and individuality throughout the process.
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Choosing a Play Script For Kids – The Starting Point
What to think about when looking to produce a play for kids.
Puppetry for Kids
We love puppets for kids for all sorts of reasons. Puppet-making and performances exist in all cultures and all ages. Puppets can be improvised from the simplest, cheapest materials and yet fire the imagination of both the puppeteer and and audience. Yet while puppetry for kids can be simple and easy, puppets can also yield… Continue reading Puppetry for Kids
Make Your Kids Drama Production Fly
This is the time of year when many people are busy rehearsing plays and musicals in time for performances around Christmas time: school plays, youth drama groups and amateur companies are all at it. If you are in charge of a kids drama production this year then this is for you, as we have rounded… Continue reading Make Your Kids Drama Production Fly
Countdown to Your Christmas Play
It’s barely two months before Christmas is upon us and, unless you like to push things to the last minute you should be well on your way to producing your Christmas play by now. We’d love to know what you’ve chosen so tell us what play you will be performing in the comments section. … Continue reading Countdown to Your Christmas Play
Drama school guide launched
Dramaschoolsinlondon.co.uk is a new drama school guide, launched help older students who are thinking about making the jump to professional training. Concentrating on the drama schools based in London the site includes a comprehensive directory of drama training in the capital and is growing to cover a range of useful practical advice to improve students’… Continue reading Drama school guide launched
Writing for Puppetry
Since the huge success of the National Theatre’s production of War Horse with its uncannily life-like horse puppets, the ancient art of puppetry has gained a new lease of life in the mainstream. Puppet theatres were once hugely popular as children’s toys and though that is no longer the case , puppetry remains a fantastic,… Continue reading Writing for Puppetry