How TIE is used
Theatre in education can be used to create different kinds of productions:
- Performances designed to stimulate reaction and participation from its small audience, perhaps through聽role playTo take on the role of a different character usually as part of an improvisation to explore an idea. and debate. The work could be supported by resource materials.
- As above but specifically targeting an area for a particular year group in a school鈥檚 PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) curriculum.
- Plays designed for a young audience, that could be based on a traditional story, and allowing a range of follow-up activities if desired.
- Activities for very young children, linked by a story with the opportunities for involvement.
- Dramatised activities for an adult age group with specific needs, eg preparing for employment or learning parenting skills.
- A play designed for an elderly audience, eg in a care home, perhaps drawing on memories and engaging active participation in this way.