
Folktales
Once again, the intention is to work towards a theatre production based upon traditional folk tales, but this time around expect there to be different challenges: the time-scale is shorter,

Once again, the intention is to work towards a theatre production based upon traditional folk tales, but this time around expect there to be different challenges: the time-scale is shorter,

The title of this post (and the play) means “Once upon a time” in Arabic, and would be the title of our blogsite rather than Kwasuka Sukela, its Zulu equivalent,

It would always be the case that transposing an English style of teaching, especially Drama teaching, into the system here, would throw up some cultural confusion. In Drama, one of

Here is the poster for the show; hope you like it, since we are pretty excited. We arrived at the print shop, just around the corner from our apartment, armed

The final teaching day of the programme today, which for us meant performance. Or rather performances. The only possible “theatre” was outside in the playground, and though in theory this

Back to Wembley this week, and the resumption of the same old routine. Intrigued to see if attendance would be any better, and though they drifted in rather, in fact

Being under the impression that Sherwan would be at the dentist today, I planned something a little different, to focus on the words of the play and their pronunciation. It

In order to practise with the real thing, I cut some laurel branches from the hedge conveniently running between our house and our neighbours’, and took them in with me;

Hoped to speak either with the manager or his assistant about arranging a performance in the hotel, but unfortunately neither of them were there. But then, in case I had

The show must go on… and did! Despite all of my doubt and despair about ever forming a consistent and committed group of people to be able to perform some