Drama Across the Curriculum: The 'Sister Dora' Project

About This Event

Sister Dora is an innovative new project, taking place in schools and heritage sites (for example, the Old Operating Theatre, Southwark), and inspired by Dorothy Heathcote’s work in drama across the curriculum. This online session will include a practical demonstration of teaching strategies, and live 'role work' by student teachers from UCL.

Why this event is good to come to

The session will include the demonstration of a range of drama methods, including Mantle of the Expert; teacher-in-role; the design and use of teaching materials (objects, documents), and so on. There will be contributions by various people who have been involved in the project, including teaching staff, lecturers, and student teachers.

Session Fees

Session fee is £7.50. Members of London Drama and National Drama £5.00. Teachers-in-Training/ECTs Free.
Members/Teachers-in-Training/ECTs: Please contact London Drama at londondrama1@gmail.com for the Access code to reveal your tickets.

About the session leader

David Allen is Artistic Director of Midland Actors Theatre (UK). He runs the Facebook group, The Commission Model of Teaching, and is the convenor of the annual Dorothy Heathcote Now conference. He helps to run the Mantle Network, which organises seminars and events and hosts the website www.mantlenetwork.com. The Network has recently been awarded a grant by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, to develop new projects for schools, inspired by Dorothy Heathcote’s work in history projects and with heritage sites. David is the author of numerous books and articles on drama including Performing Chekhov (1999) and Stanislavski for Beginners (1999/2015).