A collection of practical exercises to begin exploring Shakespeare’s texts, getting them instantly up and on their feet. These exercises come with text extracts, but can be applied to almost any piece of Shakespearean text, and many other dramatic works beside. They include explorations of characters and relationships as well as language and structure. Many of the exercises also include suggestions for extension activities and further discussion and development.

This an extensive toolkit for students to prepare a monologue or audition piece. It uses a wide range of practical and on-your-feet activities to get the monologue up and moving, as well as some insightful table work. the workbook also includes notes on how to approach the preparation holistically, and how to draw the activities together to create a final performance. It utilises theories of respected practitioners such as Laban, Stanislavski, Bogart, Lecoq and others, suggesting specific tasks for the application of these theories to monologue work. The booklet is written in a way that is aimed at students, but can be used in teacher-lead work equally. This resource has been extensively tested with students and other teachers in PD sessions, and has been highly valued in both contexts.