Theatre and the Digital: Immersive Performance with Javaad Alipoor
Join us on Thursday, May 29 at 11am ET for an exciting conversation with British-Iranian writer, director, and performer, Javaad Alipoor! This on-demand event is aimed at university educators, but is open to anyone with an interest in contemporary and immersive performance.
Shakespeare Isn't Scary Professional Development
Get fresh tips and practical approaches for your next Shakespeare lesson, including performance-based strategies, mindset activities, and practical exercises for High School English and Theatre teachers!
Teaching Tragic Heroes | On-Demand PD Course
This 2-hour on-demand course will share teaching tips and insights into enhancing literary analysis in your classroom. Hear from a panel of experts as they examine tragic literature's best-known 'heroes', and share practical ideas for compare and contrast activities.
Acting Essentials | On-Demand PD Course
This 2-hour on-demand course will share teaching tips and insights into teaching the foundations of character work in your theatre classroom. Hear from a panel of experts as they discuss topics including voice, movement, script analysis, and how to build a character.
Technical Theatre Essentials | On-Demand PD Course
This 4-hour on-demand PD course will provide your teachers with valuable insights, practical tips, and expert advice that will enable them to give their students the tools they need to succeed in technical theatre, regardless of experience level or budget constraints.
Slam Poetry: Fuelling Student Creativity with Slam and Spoken Word Poetry
Slam Poetry! is the must-watch (free) professional learning experience brought to you by expert teachers and slam and spoken word poets. By signing up you’ll get support to find powerful new ways to engage with the text and make poetry fun and accessible.
More Aha Moments: How to Create Engaging and Impactful Theatre Lessons
Adapted from her popular session at TheatreFest, middle school theatre teacher, Elizabeth “Nikki” Andrews brings you this on-demand event to use independently or interactively with your team.
Technical Theatre
Teaching Technical Theatre: Empowering the Next Generation is the unmissable free professional development session designed to give you innovative tips to empower your students to lead the tech team for your upcoming productions.
Inspired by Improv: Practical Tips for the Ultimate Improvisation Lessons
Hear from an expert panel of improv actors, practitioners, and teachers who will give you all the tools you need to create engaging lessons that inspire students of all ages and abilities!
Making Shakespeare Cool
Get access to panel discussions, live teaching demonstrations, and ready-to-use lesson plans, all designed to help you make Shakespeare's works and language more engaging, accessible, and fun!
Let's Get Critical
Learn how to use performance to teach critical thinking in your high school English or Drama classes with this exclusive event.
"Checking Out Me History": Teaching Black Poetry
Engage your students with the work of Black poets with this invaluable session, which explores how lived experience, history and culture help poets create their work.
Allegiance and AAPI Representation in Musical Theatre
Get fascinating insights into the making of Broadway musical Allegiance and AAPI representation in musical theatre history.
Strategies & Tools for the Modern Community College Classroom
Join Todd Siff, Kate Stone, and Russell Schultz as they discuss the unique - and often unaddressed - needs of community college theatre programs. From engaging non-traditional students, to 'future-proofing' your theatre course, sign up today to expand your network and get inspired!
Directing Theatre Fearlessly: Emma Rice In Conversation with Lisa Peck
Known for her bold and innovative approach to theatre, Emma Rice has captivated audiences and critics alike with her transformative productions and creative brilliance.
Page to Stage in the Digital Age
In this dynamic session, four leading scholars in Shakespearean studies share fresh insights and innovative resources for bringing Shakespeare to life in today's digital age, offering fresh perspectives to enhance your curriculum.
Teaching Physical Theatre
In this unique webinar, Double Edge’s Carlos Uriona, and practitioner, author and teacher Stephen Wangh discussed their work, explored their unique creative processes, and shared invaluable insights into physical storytelling.
Identity and Inclusion in Actor Training
In this inspiring and illuminating webinar, Sharrell. d. Luckett and Kashi Johsnon delve into the critical intersection of identity and inclusion in actor training. In the ever-evolving landscape of the performing arts, it is essential to explore and celebrate the diverse voices and experiences that contribute to the world of theatre.
Richard Schechner and Eugenio Barba in Conversation
Our latest extraordinary webinar features two eminent figures in the world of theatre and performance – professor and practitioner Richard Schechner and the Artistic Director of Odin Teatre Eugenio Barba. They discuss their influence on theatre and performance and how their groundbreaking work has shapes perspectives and practices!
Devising Theatre: The Frantic Assembly Approach
Featuring the internationally renowned Frantic Assembly’s Artistic Director Scott Graham and highly acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Abi Morgan OBE, our latest webinar will cover their experiences as directors, core principles of contemporary theatre, and challenges working with physicality!
The Evolution of Chicano Theatre
Join legendary American theatremakers Luis Valdez and Edward James Olmos to discuss their experiences as artists and activists working to create and promote Chicano theatre.
Greek Tragedy in Rehearsal
Explore the contemporary relevance of Oedipus Tyrannus in this exclusive roundtable discussion, as three dynamic theatre artists unpack how they'll be approaching the ancient Greek tragedy in their forthcoming workshop at Seattle Repertory Theatre.
Why Boal Now?
Join our panel of experts for a fascinating discussion on the new Boal Collection – an exclusive curated selection of materials from the archive of Augusto Boal, available on Digital Theatre+.
'The Art of Resonance': Anne Bogart and Katie Mitchell in Conversation
Legendary directors Anne Bogart and Katie Mitchell reflect on the practitioners who have influenced their work, theatre in a post-pandemic world and more.
Ecotheatre: How to Make Theatre and Performance Sustainable
This fascinating discussion brings together an exciting group of artists and academics to explore the creative solutions available to theatremakers in response to the climate crisis.
Teaching Shakespeare Online
Join our esteemed panel of experts as they share innovative teaching methods to guide you through this new era of teaching Shakespeare digitally at Higher Education.
Inclusivity and Theatre: Strategies for Teaching and Practice
This invaluable session unpacks some key issues such as inclusive acting methods, diversifying the curriculum and design through a racial lens.
Making Feminist Theatre (and Making Theatre Feminist)
Leading theatre-makers join forces for a roundtable discussion on feminist theatre, focusing on the practical approaches that enable theatre-makers to practice feminism in their work.
Teaching Acting, Voice and Movement Online
This engaging session looks at the perplexing challenges and surprising possibilities involved in teaching acting, voice and movement in an online environment.
Teaching Theatre Design Online: A Roundtable
Join our panel of theatre design experts to discover new ideas and inspiration for helping to bring design practice into the virtual classroom.
