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Are you interested in what a Theatre A level without a written exam might look like?

I've just completed PhD research with an imagined A level subject content and specification in the appendix.

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https://doi.org/10.15126/thesis.901101

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Empowering the student as theatre maker: A new rich-knowledge Theatre A level - University of Surrey This research develops a new Theatre and Performance A level for upper-secondary schools in England. Observing the language of professional rehearsals and analysing select philosophies of process and experience leads to a conceptual framework that is recontextualised to new curriculum do...

Performing International Plays Performing International Plays is a site featuring 20 plays from 6 continents, in 15 languages. With brand new adaptations, translations, video excerpts, education packs, essays and author’s and translator’s notes for each of the plays - delve into our huge, free online resource to diversify you...

First ever article published today - review of Theatre & Knowledge: "Where there was once division driven by a philosophical suspicion of theatre, there is now dialogue in which theatre serves as a testing ground for knowledge."
https://moderndrama.utpjournals.press/doi/full/10.3138/md.64.3.br4

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📢 WE ARE HIRING! 📢

Are you 18-25, based in Lambeth or Southwark and absolutely love theatre? You are?! Well, you'll want to read on then...

We're hiring four Young Associates to join our team! They are:
⭐ Taking Part and Directors Program Young Associate
⭐ Press, Marketing and Audiences Young Associate
⭐ Production Young Associate
⭐ Producing and Development Young Associate

Each Young Associate will learn about how their chosen department works and will have the unique chance to work on plays we produce, learn about how a production comes together, how to manage a venue, work with schools, young people and so much more!

Head on over to our website and get all the details on how to apply! https://bit.ly/3AY9ClD

International play of the week:

THE BLIND ONE AND THE MAD ONE
By Cláudia Barral
Translated from Brazilian Portuguese by Almiro Andrade
Inti Press

“Rottenness is manifest in every human being. Without exception. You should be thankful for your smelly feet. There are people with rotten souls and it takes more than a shower to clean a soul.”

'The Blind One and The Mad' One brings us the story of two brothers, as they come to terms with their concept of reality and what can actually be seen.

Explore 'The Blind One and the Mad One' in your classroom or studies with Performing International Plays' free education resources at: https://www.performinginternationalplays.com/plays/the-blind-one-and-the-mad-one

PLAY OF THE WEEK from Performing International Plays:
THE GRAIN STORE
By Natal’ya Vorozbhit
Translated by Sasha Dugdale
(Nick Hern Books, 2009)
Based on the terror-famine that caused seven million deaths in Ukraine and neighbouring lands in the 1930s, Vorozhbit’s play illustrates the consequences of Stalin's first five-year-plan on a small Ukranian village.

“A play that jolts us out of our historical amnesia.”
★★★★ The Guardian

With videos of a brand new scene adaptation by Tonderai Munveyu, set in Zimbabwe.
Explore 'The Grain Store' in your classroom or studies with Performing International Plays' free education resources at:

The Grain Store — PIP By Natal’ya Vorozbhit Translated by Sasha Dugdale

International play of the week:
ONE GREEN BOTTLE
By Hideki Noda
Adapted by Will Sharpe
(Bloomsbury Publishing UK, 2018)
A portrait of a disconnected family on a self-destructive course One Green Bottle is a satirical comedy about consumerism and technology in a 'selfie' society by renowned Japanese writer and performer Hideki Noda.
Explore 'One Green Bottle' in your classroom or studies with Performing International Plays' free education resources:

One Green Bottle — PIP By Hideki Noda Adapted by Will Sharpe

International Play of the Week:

THE CONCERT, by Ulises Rodríguez Febles
Translated by William Gregory
(Nick Hern Books 2004)

New excerpt translation by Gigi Guizado

A comedy about Beatlemania and a fascinating glimpse into the social and cultural complexities of Castro's Cuba. Published by NickHernBooks in both the original Spanish and in English translation.

Explore 'The Concert' in your classroom or studies with Performing International Plays' free education resources incl videos:
https://www.performinginternationalplays.com/plays/the-concert

International Play of the Week:
I SEE YOU
By Mongiwekhaya
(Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing UK, 2016)

Post-Apartheid South Africa, after dark.

Ben meets Skinn for a night out. But the party is interrupted by the police. Ben, a young student who doesn't know his own history, is accused of a crime he didn't commit. And Officer Buthelezi, a former freedom fighter, can't let it go.
Based on a real encounter.

Explore 'I See You' in your classroom or studies with Performing International Plays' free education pack:
https://www.performinginternationalplays.com/plays/i-see-you

With Sibusiso Mamba, Jamie-Lee Money, Bekithemba Mzimkhulu-Mpala, Nadia Nadarajah , and Anthony Warren. Directed by Anthony Simpson-Pike, with Fight Direction by Rc-Annie Limited. Education pack by Almiro Andrade.

I See You — PIP By Mongiwekhaya