Education News

Signature - Junior Youth Theatre
Secrets in the Attic
In the middle of the night children gather in an old attic to discover some mysteries from the past. What ensues is a whole new world.............
Devised by the company
Saturday 13th march 4pm

Ignite - Senior Youth Theatre
Risk
Devised by the company
Set in a deprived, working class area of London the play is a perceptive exploration of Britain's urban gang culture and the pressures on young people growing up in such environments; the need to never lose face in front of your friends, the narrow outlook that can cause even the smartest kids to succumb to the bleak street lifestyle....
Tuesday 30th March 7.30pm

A new drama in education programme aimed at complementing the KS3/4 science curriculum.

In collaboration with UCL’s Medical School, the dept of Faculties of Life & Biomedical Sciences and the Bloomsbury Theatre Education.
www.ucl.ac.uk/outreach/sst
Frenetic Genetics
Are our health problems due to our lifestyle or genes? How do we respond to the idea of things being predetermined?

Frenetic Genetics is a fun and exciting way to introduce Genetics to science classes. The 4 hour programme has been designed to engage young people with how real science impacts on our lives. The interative nature of the programme allows learners the opportunity to negotiate through a story where ideas of science, ethics nad solutions quickly emerge.

This exciting course was delivered at the UCL’s Bloomsbury Theatre in July 2009. 25 year ten & eleven students from 5 schools in Camden participated.
Organised by the Education department and involving tutors ranging from professional theatre practitioners to UCL’s English dept, the course involved intensive workshops exploring the unique relationship between actor, audience and play text.

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