After the period of lockdown away from their friends and social support networks, getting back to a Drama classroom will allow students to reconnect socially, emotionally and creatively. Even if we are physically socially-distanced, the Drama classroom is a safe space where students can talk about their emotions, their lived experiences, developing empathy for others who may have suffered bereavements in this terrible pandemic, as well as developing the key skills needed for their futures. Year after year when students create their own devised performances - meaning drama which students create themselves from a stimulus - we see pieces created about terrorism, or poverty, or Grenfell, or sexism, or teenage mental health. Drama provides a space for students to make sense of the world around them, and to explore their emotional, moral and ethical responses to events in, and beyond, their lived experience. In 2021, will we have a raft of Drama performances about a devastating pandemic
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This is refreshing and important. Drama is a safe place to explore emotion and our own thinking. It should be appreciated and utilised more to ensure students feel empowered. Thank you for sharing.