A highly effective way to engage pupils, ‘Widen Our World’ combines the experience of live theatre, Forum theatre and applied drama based workshops.
WOW is committed to the belief that every young person should engage with the highest quality of arts and creative experiences.
WOW provides pupils with the opportunity to:
- Engage with high quality live theatre
- Work alongside professional creative practitioners
- Develop creativity within a safe environment
- Practice creativity within problem solving
WOW contributes to achieving all five outcomes outlined in ‘Every Child Matters’:
Be Healthy
- Themes of the day explore contributions to mental, emotional and spiritual well being and health
Be Safe
- Themes of the applied drama workshops explore staying safe in the face of crime and peer pressure situations
Enjoy and achieve
- Themes of the Forum theatre explore goal setting and achievement
Make a positive contribution
Themes of the day:
- Engage pupils in decision making
- Develop positive relationships
- Encourage pro-social choices
- Encourage thinking on peer life issues
A typical day consists of:
| Morning | Performance: Fluffy Holy Freak Show |
| Forum Theatre: Theme of relationships | |
| Afternoon | Applied drama 1 |
| Applied drama 2 | |
| Applied drama 3 |
WOW days can work cross-curricular, complimenting work for:
- RE departments
- Drama departments
- School Enrichment days
Practicalities:
- WOW works most effectively when pupils are taken off timetable to work intensively with the theatre company for the entire day, (however, the program can be adapted as to work within a half day framework)
- Afternoon sessions, pupils are spilt into three groups, and alternate between two separate one hour workshops.
- Access to the performance space is required two hours minimum prior to the pupils’ arrival.
- For full WOW days, the company will require the performance space plus two additional rooms (for the alternative afternoon drama workshops) for the duration of the day.
With prior notice the WOW experience can be tailored to meet your aims, objectives and practicalities within school timetables.
