Sanctuary Workshops for Secondary Schools - Red Ladder Theatre Company

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Sanctuary Workshops for Secondary Schools

Kindly supported by the Mayor of West Yorkshire’s Safer Communities Fund, we are excited to invite pupils in years 9 & 10 to free two-hour in-school workshops, inspired by our new production Sanctuary

Delivered by director Cheryl Martin & writer/composer Boff Whalley (both DBS checked)

Single classes – 30 maximum with Teacher in attendance

Aims:

  • Introduce students to the themes of the play
  • Increase awareness of different types of migration to the UK and how these impact individual’s lives
  • explore media narratives around immigration
  • encourage schools to attend a performance in september – november

Content:

  • Explore beliefs around legal/illegal migration and where they come from
  • myth busting
  • Consideration of the hostile environment/political weaponisation of migration
  • explore and teach a song from the play with the show’s composer
  • create soundscapes
  • use writing based on the senses to create lyrics
  • Use drama exercises to explore a theme from the play and the different viewpoints of the characters involved to safely explore the students’ views on migration through use of character and story
  • combine scene with song and soundscspes, demonstrating the power of layering elements of drama

For more info, please email: cheryl@redladder.co.uk

 

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