‘Elaine, firstly can I thank you for an inspirational evening on Thursday. I think that I am lucky enough to have one of the best jobs ever teaching drama – but everyone needs those moments that remind us how wonderful what we do is. Watching you performance of Apple Pie Order inspired me and reminded me how wonderful the effect of drama and the performing arts is. At the end of a long, cold, wet and windy day it was great to leave and drive home re inspired.’

Sian Bornes, Drama Teacher, Lutterworth College Leicestershire

Workshop 1 – Available from 2 hours – week long residency

Dice into Devising Drama

Suitable for:  Key Stage 3 & 4, (OCR & AQA), HE & FE

· The Dice into Devising workshop helps the student to understand key principals and concepts of the devising process and uses issues of Domestic Violence/Abuse as the theme/stimulus.

· The workshop will include extracts from ‘Apple Pie Order’ performed by the writer/deviser Elaine Pantling. The students will be given various example from the text to explore.

· The workshop will include some elements of design and the use of props. Students will delve into character, context and plot using different styles,  genre and methods to devise a piece of drama.

It is advisable that a member of staff or welfare officer is present during the workshop.

Workshop 2 – 2 Hours  

Confidence Building:  

Suitable For: PSHE/Citizenship, Youth & Community Groups, Women’s groups,  Men’s Groups, Training, Students at risk of exclusion as an alternative to the national curriculum.

· The workshop explores self esteem issues that arise in the everydayness of the individual, in the home, the school and the workplace. The main focus of the workshop is to explore issues of Domestic Violence/Abuse and to gain knowledge and understanding.

· Each session will take into account the needs of the group. Using various games and drama devises the workshop will help the participants to explore, to share and challenge behaviour around power and control.

· The workshop aims to help the individual discover their own potential and to leave feeling empowered having had a mountain top experience.

It is advisable that a member of staff or welfare officer is present during the workshop.

Workshop 3 – Available from 2 hours – week long residency

Five Slices of Pie Drama Game

Suitable for: Key Stage 3 & 4, HE & FE, Training for Agencies and DV Practitioners, PSHE/Citizenship, Youth & Community Groups, Women’s groups,  Men’s Groups, Students at risk of exclusion as an alternative to the national curriculum.

· This workshop is designed to fully explore Domestic Violence/Abuse using five slices of pie; each slice represents a different area of abuse. The workshop helps the participant to realise that there are many strands to an abusive relationship and also helps to dispel the myth that it only happens to people on the lower end of the socio economic scale.

· The object of the game is to take a slice of pie that represents a particular form of abuse and to explore the issues and to build a scene. The game involves characters cards taken from all walks of life from dustman to doctor, Police officer, social worker, house wife, house husband, hairdresser to barrister. Props are provided, scenarios and suggestions on style and presentation are also given. The workshop works with numbers  from 5 to 30.

· The idea is that the participants build a whole pie either in small groups or in one large group. This will then culminate in a showing or performance that in turn will bring about debate and discussion.

· The game is led and guided by one or two leaders depending on the size of the group.

It is advisable that a member of staff or welfare officer is present during the workshop.