Drama Workshop – An American Wake
During the Heart of the Glens Festival 2006 the Clachan Project for schools was privileged to provide a Drama Workshop for 17 children in conjunction with the Big Telly Theatre Company.
The children were introduced to some ‘ice-breaker’ games, which enabled them to learn something about each other and succeeded in bonding the group.
The tutor, Nicky Doherty, then used a variety of techniques to build up the children’s knowledge of the past, emigration and the phenomena of the ‘American Wake’.
These techniques included ‘freeze-framing’, making a tableau as if for a family photograph and ‘hot-seating’ characters.
It was interesting to watch Nicky bring out latent talent as the two-day course progressed.
As a finale to the course, the children gave a performance for family, friends and anyone else who cared to attend. Feed-back from the children showed that they thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience.
Click here to see a video of the Drama Workshop.
The Glens of Antrim Historical Society Clachan Project would like to thank Causeway Heritage Trust for their support and attendance.
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