DEVELOPING A REPRESENTATIVE DRAMA CURRICULUM.
Now is the time to change and work hard to make Drama representative of the world we live in.
A STARTING POINT FOR A MORE REPRESENTATIVE DRAMA CURRICULUM.
As Drama Teachers, we are in a privileged position. We can make decisions about what we teach and how we teach it.
We can easily adapt our curriculum to be more representative and include more Black, Asian and ethnically diverse authors. Teachers are, as we have seen, crying out for this information. This document contains some ideas and suggestions for what you might do in terms of assessing your own curriculum. Does it represent the world that we live in?
This isn’t an answer to a question nor is it the end of a conversation. We hope that it it will provide ideas and a starting point.
This resource has been produced by Carolyn Bradley and Matthew Nichols and supported by advice and with the very generous support and advice from: Emteaz Hussain (Playwright) Dr Diedre Osborne (Reader in English Literature and Drama at Goldsmith’s University; co-convenes the MA in Black British Writing), Esther Richardson (Artistic Director of Pilot Theatre), Alex Wheatle MBE (Author), Roy Williams OBE (Playwright) and Matthew Xia (Artistic Director of Actors Touring Company).
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DEVELOPING A REPRESENTATIVE DRAMA CURRICULUM
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