Hi! As a drama teacher, youth theatre director and award-winning playwright, my aim is to make quality drama teaching resources and scripts that are great for teachers and their students. We all need more creativity in our lives! I have really enjoyed creating and using them and I know they'll be useful for you and your students too.
Hi! As a drama teacher, youth theatre director and award-winning playwright, my aim is to make quality drama teaching resources and scripts that are great for teachers and their students. We all need more creativity in our lives! I have really enjoyed creating and using them and I know they'll be useful for you and your students too.
Preview pages for Murder Mayhem At Mayview Manor! murder mystery farce readers theater drama play script. These pages are a sample from the play and will give you an indication of the level of difficulty, language, movement, staging and characterization in the script Murder Mayhem At Mayview Manor!
Cast size 18
Running time: approximately 80 minutes (an interval can be added)
Suitable for ages: 12+
Preview pages for Spellbound fairy tale readers theater drama play script. These pages are a sample from the play and will give you an indication of the level of difficulty, language and characterization in the script Spellbound.
Cast size 16+
Running time: approximately 30 minutes
Suitable for ages: 11+
Sample preview pages for Macbeth readers theater short drama script. These pages are an extract from the play and will give you an indication of the level of difficulty, language and characterisation in the script The Rise and Fall of Lord Macbeth.
A fabulous mini pack that contains an outline explaining the whole story of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, plus information detailing the play’s main characters, its major themes and its setting. This mini pack is a great reference sheet for teaching Shakespeare and is useful for students to keep as a reminder when studying Hamlet.
A lesson plan for developing an autumn poem into a mini performance using sound, movement, dance and drama. Suitable for ages 6-10, it brings the poem to life. The pack also includes ideas for additional activities and classroom tasks. Brilliant for autumn-themed assembly or topic days. Good for Physical Education and learning to work together. Can also tie into music lessons for activities on rhythm, sound and expression.
Fun character activity worksheets to help students to create or explore characters in stories, poems, books, plays and dramas. The pack uses a wide range of example characters and is great for independent work, home work, or fun fun classroom lessons. Brilliant for both English and drama lessons.
This short script is a mini performance of the narrative poem, Matilda (who told lies and was burned to death) by Hilaire Belloc. This drama unit turns the poem into an improvised performance, using mime, prepared dialogue, movement, sound and narrators who read the poem aloud and link all of the scenes together. The pack contains a detailed lesson plan that creates a great mini performance for juniors for a school assembly, a poetry topic day, or an end of term showcase.
This WW1 poetry drama unit and lesson plan explores the narrative poem, ‘The Hero’ by Siegfried Sassoon and brings it to life through mime, freezes, movement, speaking aloud, thought-tracking, improvisation, tableau and by creating a powerful mini performance of the poem. Students explore the rhythm of the poem, the concept of what it means to be a hero, the language of the poem, its characters and story and - most importantly - the strong contrasts it presents. This is a great mini unit for drama lessons and English lessons and the resulting powerful poem performance can be given on topic days or in school assembly.
This Shakespearean Insults Worksheet Pack contains some great insults and witty comments from five different Shakespeare plays, a ‘Which Character Said This?’ mini quiz (plus answers!) and a fun Shakespearean ‘insult generator’! It’s a great worksheet pack for exploring Shakespearean language and works well as an independent study pack or a whole class worksheet activity .
The Hamlet Rap is a short performance poetry unit with the whole story of Hamlet told as a narrative poem in 14 verses - plus chorus! This performance poetry unit contains a full copy of the poem plus great ideas and guidance on how to deliver performance poetry and create great performances. The Hamlet Rap can be performed for festivals and competitions, as part of a Shakespeare-themed revue, as a fun assembly, or as a whole school performance for Shakespeare Week.
Worksheets with questions that will help students to understand and remember appropriate drama terminology for performing, learning and evaluating. Suitable for students at any stage of their drama experience. Great for exam practice. Includes Questions and Answers. Great for independent classroom work, home work or distance learning.
A great activity pack of worksheets for students to explore, analyse and devise characters. The pack uses the Role On The Wall method of character analysis, which involves writing descriptive words, facts and assumptions about a character in and around a body outline. This pack encourages students to use the Role On The Wall method in various forms to explore and interpret different characters from stories, books, plays and films. This activity pack is suitable for students aged 9+ and can be used as a distanced learning pack, for home work, or for pair work or independent study in the classroom.
A short unit containing a script for two characters with great drama and performance activities to help students to develop performance skills, character analysis work, improvisation abilities and script interpretation. It’s a really useful and fun introduction to script work, or a good unit for simple pair script work for students new to drama and performance.
This great unit of work uses a short extract from Hamlet to explore Shakespeare’s language, the play’s themes, characters and story. Ideas are explored and developed through movement, presentations, freezes, role play, mime, ritual and narration. It’s a great unit for helping to demystify Shakespeare’s language and for introducing new drama students to a range of drama methodology.
A great pack of drama worksheets and theatre-related activities for independent study at senior level, ages 12+ The pack consist of 3 short script extracts each with numerous linked activities in four areas:
Performance
Research
Art and Design
Writing
Additional Script Writing Prompts
Suitable for any students to work through independently at school or at home.
Please note: the Greek unit in this pack is repeated, with small changes, in the pack for juniors.
A great unit of drama worksheets and theatre-related activities for independent study at junior level, ages 8+ The pack consist of 3 short script extracts each with numerous linked activities in four areas:
Performance
Research
Art and Design
Writing
Additional Script Writing Prompts
Suitable for any students to work through independently at school or at home.
Please note: the Greek unit in this pack is also repeated, with small changes, in the pack for seniors.
A fantastic unit of activities for exploring and devising stories by creating picture-based storyboards - similar to cartoon spreads - using the 6 or 8 frame storyboard sheets provided. The worksheet pack helps students to explore traditional stories, original stories, short script extracts and life stories. The unit contains all of the necessary resources, including two storyboard templates, a traditional story for reference and two script extracts to create movie trailers! There’s enough material for a whole semester! Suitable for distance learning, home study, or independent classroom use. A perfect pack for supporting drama work, art work, English Language Arts and creative writing.
A one act script pack of Shakespeare’s Hamlet for High School readers theater. An adaptation of Hamlet suitable for large group Upper Juniors or High School readers theater, staged readings, or full performances.
Script pack includes:
Full production notes for staging, costumes, set design, lighting, sound, props and furniture;
Photocopiable script with clear characters, scenes and stage directions;
Linked drama activities;
Linked art and design tasks;
Linked creative writing tasks;
A fabulous short adaptation of Hamlet that includes all of the original character names, story threads and themes. Horatio is interviewed by the police as he’s a chief suspect!
This is a great script unit for developing stagecraft skills, English Language Arts learning, speaking and listening skills and collaborative learning. A brilliant creative unit for linked classroom tasks, school performances, Shakespeare celebrations, staged readings - and fun!
Cast size: 24 (+/- 3)
Running time: approx. 50 minutes
Suitable for ages 10+
A very funny Harry Potter and Lord Of The Rings mash-up short script unit. A great fantasy-themed script unit that’s suitable for large group junior and high school readers theater, staged readings, or full performances.
Script pack unit includes
Full production notes for staging, costumes, set design, lighting, sound, props and furniture;
Photocopiable script with clear characters, scenes and stage directions;
Linked drama and performance activities;
Linked art and design tasks;
Linked creative writing tasks.
Harry Rings, Lord of the Potters is an award-winning comedy pastiche script in which well-loved characters from the fantasy genre come together in a common quest.
This is a great complete script unit for developing stagecraft skills, teaching English Language Arts learning, speaking and listening skills and collaborative learning. A brilliant creative unit with linked classroom tasks that’s suitable for script work, rehearsed staged readings, full performances - and fun!
Cast size: 26 (+/- 4)
Running time: approximately 35 minutes
Suitable for ages: 9+
Warning this is such a funny script that you’ll laugh all the way through rehearsals!
A funny fairy tale script unit for seniors which explores the themes of honesty and community. Suitable for upper juniors and seniors readers theater, staged readings, or full performances.
Script pack unit includes
Full production notes for staging, costumes, set design, lighting, sound, props and furniture;
Photocopiable script with clear characters, scenes and stage directions;
Linked drama and performance activities;
Linked art and design tasks;
Linked creative writing tasks.
Spellbound is a funny one act fairy tale drama club script with attitude! When life becomes dull in fairyland, the Witches make their own mischief and the Goblins, Chaos and Mayhem, decide to help - but things don’t quite go to plan! Performances can easily be expanded by including songs, music and dance routines.
This is a great complete script unit for developing stagecraft skills, teaching English Language Arts learning, improving speaking and listening skills and enjoying collaborative learning. A brilliant creative unit with linked classroom tasks that’s suitable for script work, rehearsed staged readings, full performances - and fun!
Cast size: 16
Running time: approximately 30 minutes
Suitable for ages: 9+